flamelessadj.
/ˈfleɪmlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfleɪmlᵻs/ Devoid of flame; burning without flame.
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1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 2 A fier so great Could not liue flame-les long.
1638 G. Sandys Paraphr. Lamentations Ieremiah ii. 7 in Paraphr. Divine Poems Jehova..forsakes His flame~lesse Altar.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. x. 393 It burns..flameless, as charred coals do.
1884 Swinburne in 19th Cent. May 775 The flameless fire of imaginative thought.
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