apoiousadj.
/əˈpɔɪəs/ rare.
Having no active qualities; neutral; e.g. water, starch.
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1880 in New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon
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adj.1880- scare a person silly
- scare a person stupid
- scare crow
- scare out
- scare out of one's senses
- scare quotes
- scare seven bells out of a person
- scare sleep
- scare someone's daylights out
- scare tactic
- scare the daylight out of
- scare the daylights out of
- scare the lights out of
- scare the lights out of a person
- scare the lights out of a thing
- scare the liver and lights out of
- scare the liver and lights out of a person
- scare the liver and lights out of a thing
- scare the living daylight out of
- scare the living daylights out of
- scare the living shit, hell, etc, out of
- scare the living shit, hell, etc, out of a person
- scare the living shit, hell, etc, out of a thing
- scare the pants off
- scare the pants off a person