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passionless en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ph₁tós Proto-Italic *patosder.? Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.? Latin patior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin passiōbor. Old English passion ▲ Latin passiōbor. Old French passionbor. Middle English passioun English passion Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English passionless From passion + -less.

Meanings

  1. Lacking in passion.
    • Polite and passionless, a relic of a faded gentility. 1974 February 2, Michael Bronski, “If You Believe in Fairies...”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 16:
    • Summer is the most passionless season to me.
    • The lecturer had a cold, passionless approach towards his subject.

Forms

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more passionless Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most passionless Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

passionful

Deriveds

passionlessly · passionlessness

Relateds

apathetic · indifferent

Translations (8)

uk безпри́страсний (Translations) · bg безстрастен (Translations) · ru бесстра́стный (Translations) · fi innoton (Translations) · hu szenvedélytelen (Translations) · pl beznamiętny (Translations) · fi intohimoton (Translations) · be бясстра́сны (Translations)