anodyneadj.n.

/ˈænədaɪn/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s -in, -ine.

Etymology: < Latin anōdyn-us (Celsus, etc.), < Greek ἀνώδυν-ος painless, < ἀν priv. + ὀδύνη pain (see -odynia comb. form). Compare French anodin -e (16th cent. in Littré), whence also the obsolete English spelling in -in, -ine.

A. adj.

1. Having the power of assuaging pain.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > [adjective] > pain killing

anodyne1543

anodynous1657

anodynic1847

pain-killing1865

analgesic1868

hypalgesic1911

neuroleptanalgesic1961

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [adjective]

anodyne1543

paregorical1651

paregoric1678

antalgic1753

pain-killing1865

analgetic1867

opioid1959

morphinomimetic1968

1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. v. f. 161/1, Anodyne remedyes, whych do swage payne.

1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. vi. 26 To ease paine apply this Anodine Medicine about the sore.

1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 212 Tar and Bees~wax makes a Plaister that is discussive and anodine.

1759 Johnson Idler 20 Jan. 17 The Anodyne Necklace, for..poor toothing infants.

1859 G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes iv. 127 The chief..sleep-producing..anodyne virtues of the opium.

2. fig. Soothing to the mind or feelings.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] > composing or calming

lullingc1440

quieting1634

composing1644

appeasing1648

lenient1652

quietivea1683

hesychastic1694

anodyne1790

tranquillizing1801

sobering1816

becalming1827

antiphlogistic1840

calminga1853

anodynic1904

anodynous1904

stress-relieving1947

chill-out1990

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 105 The anodyne draught of oblivion.

1831 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus (1858) 69 Probably Imposture is of sanative, anodyne nature, and man's Gullibility not his worst blessing.

B. n. (So Greek ἀνώδυνον, Latin anodynum, which were also in early use in English.)

1. A medicine or drug which alleviates pain.

ΚΠ

1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. Interpr. Straunge Wordes sig. ζζ^v/2, Thynges whiche are wythout grefe, are caled in Greke, anodina. Howbeit, Vigon vseth the word for thynges that remoue payne.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xc. 774 Softening playsters, anodines which take away payne and griefe.

1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. iv. 69 The injection of an anodine, or mitigating glister.

1651 J. French Art Distillation iii. 88 This liquor is a famous Anodynum.

1735 Pope Of Char. of Women 7 The daily Anodyne, and nightly Draught.

1856 T. De Quincey Select. Grave & Gay V. Pref. 10 Amongst the most potent of anodynes, we may rank hemlock, henbane, chloroform, and opium.

2. fig. Anything that soothes wounded or excited feelings, or that lessens the sense of a misfortune.

ΚΠ

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 66 When multitudes sin, multitudes of mercy are the best Anodines.

a1677 I. Barrow Serm. in Wks. (1686) III. 170 An assured Anodynon, and infallible remedy.

1782 T. Chalmers Estimate (1812) 272 Of public debts..the true anodyne is a sinking-fund.

1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. xi. 280 Time..the only anodyne of sorrow.

Draft additions March 2007

Unlikely to provoke a strong response; innocuous, inoffensive; vapid, bland.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or not dangerous > safe or harmless

unshathyOE

unbalefulOE

unscathefulc1175

unscathelya1400

unscathing1437

unnoyingc1440

unshendingc1450

unnoyous1483

harmless1533

unharmful1538

unhurtful1549

dintless1558

white1567

offenceless1581

inoffensive1598

unhurting1613

illaesive1628

innocuous1631

unmalignant1633

innoxious1638

inobnoxious1659

unvenomous1659

innocent1662

unafflictinga1711

unmolesting1767

fangless1790

unharming1796

woundless1796

uninjurious1809

uninjuring1820

unmischievous1821

scarless1823

boltless1832

inoffending1853

defanged1920

non-injury1926

anodyne1933

declawed1945

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid

colourlessc1425

unsavouryc1449

wearish?1533

wersha1599

tasteless1603

tame1604

juiceless1620

water gruela1627

dry1632

soulless1632

frigid1643

vapid1656

insipida1684

fade1715

heartless1780

vapid1785

achromatic1799

sauceless1817

albuminous1858

antiseptic1891

flat-footed1899

unatmospheric1913

defanged1920

anodyne1933

spiceless1942

tea-party1961

nothingburger1965

1933 Times 1 Mar. 15/2 The vigour of the censorship prevents all but the most anodyne comment.

1975 R. Howard tr. E. M. Cioran Short Hist. Decay v. 175 A Kierkegaard, a Nietzsche, had they appeared in the most anodyne age, would have had no less tremulous, no less incendiary an inspiration.

1987 P. Conrad Song Love & Death ix. 211 The waltz is an anodyne version of Wagner's musical intoxication.

1991 J. Trollope Rector's Wife viii. 107 Celia and Elaine were having a carefully anodyne conversation about the church fête.

2005 Independent 30 Mar. (Review section) 14/4 Burlesque sometimes featured in movies, but the censorship that strangled any erotic expression at birth made striptease so anodyne as to be bewildering.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010).

单词	anodyne
释义	anodyneadj.n. /ˈænədaɪn/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s -in, -ine. Etymology: < Latin anōdyn-us (Celsus, etc.), < Greek ἀνώδυν-ος painless, < ἀν priv. + ὀδύνη pain (see -odynia comb. form). Compare French anodin -e (16th cent. in Littré), whence also the obsolete English spelling in -in, -ine. A. adj. 1. Having the power of assuaging pain. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > [adjective] > pain killing anodyne1543 anodynous1657 anodynic1847 pain-killing1865 analgesic1868 hypalgesic1911 neuroleptanalgesic1961 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [adjective] anodyne1543 paregorical1651 paregoric1678 antalgic1753 pain-killing1865 analgetic1867 opioid1959 morphinomimetic1968 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. v. f. 161/1, Anodyne remedyes, whych do swage payne. 1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. vi. 26 To ease paine apply this Anodine Medicine about the sore. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 212 Tar and Bees~wax makes a Plaister that is discussive and anodine. 1759 Johnson Idler 20 Jan. 17 The Anodyne Necklace, for..poor toothing infants. 1859 G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes iv. 127 The chief..sleep-producing..anodyne virtues of the opium. 2. fig. Soothing to the mind or feelings. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [adjective] > composing or calming lullingc1440 quieting1634 composing1644 appeasing1648 lenient1652 quietivea1683 hesychastic1694 anodyne1790 tranquillizing1801 sobering1816 becalming1827 antiphlogistic1840 calminga1853 anodynic1904 anodynous1904 stress-relieving1947 chill-out1990 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 105 The anodyne draught of oblivion. View more context for this quotation 1831 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus (1858) 69 Probably Imposture is of sanative, anodyne nature, and man's Gullibility not his worst blessing. B. n. (So Greek ἀνώδυνον, Latin anodynum, which were also in early use in English.) 1. A medicine or drug which alleviates pain. ΚΠ 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. Interpr. Straunge Wordes sig. ζζ^v/2, Thynges whiche are wythout grefe, are caled in Greke, anodina. Howbeit, Vigon vseth the word for thynges that remoue payne. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. xc. 774 Softening playsters, anodines which take away payne and griefe. 1625 J. Hart Anat. Urines ii. iv. 69 The injection of an anodine, or mitigating glister. 1651 J. French Art Distillation iii. 88 This liquor is a famous Anodynum. 1735 Pope Of Char. of Women 7 The daily Anodyne, and nightly Draught. 1856 T. De Quincey Select. Grave & Gay V. Pref. 10 Amongst the most potent of anodynes, we may rank hemlock, henbane, chloroform, and opium. 2. fig. Anything that soothes wounded or excited feelings, or that lessens the sense of a misfortune. ΚΠ 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 66 When multitudes sin, multitudes of mercy are the best Anodines. a1677 I. Barrow Serm. in Wks. (1686) III. 170 An assured Anodynon, and infallible remedy. 1782 T. Chalmers Estimate (1812) 272 Of public debts..the true anodyne is a sinking-fund. 1855 D. Brewster Mem. Life I. Newton (new ed.) I. xi. 280 Time..the only anodyne of sorrow. Draft additions March 2007 Unlikely to provoke a strong response; innocuous, inoffensive; vapid, bland. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or not dangerous > safe or harmless unshathyOE unbalefulOE unscathefulc1175 unscathelya1400 unscathing1437 unnoyingc1440 unshendingc1450 unnoyous1483 harmless1533 unharmful1538 unhurtful1549 dintless1558 white1567 offenceless1581 inoffensive1598 unhurting1613 illaesive1628 innocuous1631 unmalignant1633 innoxious1638 inobnoxious1659 unvenomous1659 innocent1662 unafflictinga1711 unmolesting1767 fangless1790 unharming1796 woundless1796 uninjurious1809 uninjuring1820 unmischievous1821 scarless1823 boltless1832 inoffending1853 defanged1920 non-injury1926 anodyne1933 declawed1945 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > bland or insipid colourlessc1425 unsavouryc1449 wearish?1533 wersha1599 tasteless1603 tame1604 juiceless1620 water gruela1627 dry1632 soulless1632 frigid1643 vapid1656 insipida1684 fade1715 heartless1780 vapid1785 achromatic1799 sauceless1817 albuminous1858 antiseptic1891 flat-footed1899 unatmospheric1913 defanged1920 anodyne1933 spiceless1942 tea-party1961 nothingburger1965 1933 Times 1 Mar. 15/2 The vigour of the censorship prevents all but the most anodyne comment. 1975 R. Howard tr. E. M. Cioran Short Hist. Decay v. 175 A Kierkegaard, a Nietzsche, had they appeared in the most anodyne age, would have had no less tremulous, no less incendiary an inspiration. 1987 P. Conrad Song Love & Death ix. 211 The waltz is an anodyne version of Wagner's musical intoxication. 1991 J. Trollope Rector's Wife viii. 107 Celia and Elaine were having a carefully anodyne conversation about the church fête. 2005 Independent 30 Mar. (Review section) 14/4 Burlesque sometimes featured in movies, but the censorship that strangled any erotic expression at birth made striptease so anodyne as to be bewildering. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1884; most recently modified version published online November 2010). < adj.n.1543
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