inoffensiveadj.

/ɪnəˈfɛnsɪv/

Etymology: in- prefix⁴. Compare modern French inoffensif (Dict. Acad. 1835).

1. Doing or causing no harm; harmless, innocuous, unoffending.

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

1598 [implied in: Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. Postscr. 103 Tho were shee [sc. Poetry] a more vnworthie Mistresse, I thinke she might be inoffensiuely serued with the broken Messes of our twelue-a-clocke houres. (at inoffensively adv.)].

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vi. 305 Wee dye notwithstanding in harmlesse and inoffensive errors.

1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. viii. 153 in Church-hist. Brit. An inoffensive man for life and conversation..nothing of vitiousnesse could be charged upon him.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 802 The Nation had never known such an inoffensive march of an Army.

1790 J. Beattie Elem. Moral Sci. I. i. ii. 277 Useful and inoffensive animals have a claim to our tenderness.

1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxviii. 308 I could not have tormented a being inoffensive as a shadow.

2. Not objectionable, not obnoxious or offensive; not offending the senses; not a cause of offence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] > without specific unpleasant qualities

undreigha1400

unloathsome1440

ungrievingc1480

inoffensive1622

unprovokinga1658

uncloying1665

ungalling1744

uninvidious1822

unexasperating1855

unirritating1896

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xi. 103 A more delightfull and in-offensiue recreation.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 345 For drink the Grape She crushes, inoffensive moust.

1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §9 An inoffensive medicine and agreeable to the stomach.

1876 Trans. Clin. Soc. 9 13 The wound has discharged freely, the discharge being quite healthy and inoffensive.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	inoffensive
释义	inoffensiveadj. /ɪnəˈfɛnsɪv/ Etymology: in- prefix⁴. Compare modern French inoffensif (Dict. Acad. 1835). 1. Doing or causing no harm; harmless, innocuous, unoffending. 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 1598 [implied in: Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. Postscr. 103 Tho were shee [sc. Poetry] a more vnworthie Mistresse, I thinke she might be inoffensiuely serued with the broken Messes of our twelue-a-clocke houres. (at inoffensively adv.)]. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. vi. 305 Wee dye notwithstanding in harmlesse and inoffensive errors. 1655 T. Fuller Hist. Univ. Cambr. viii. 153 in Church-hist. Brit. An inoffensive man for life and conversation..nothing of vitiousnesse could be charged upon him. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 802 The Nation had never known such an inoffensive march of an Army. 1790 J. Beattie Elem. Moral Sci. I. i. ii. 277 Useful and inoffensive animals have a claim to our tenderness. 1853 C. Brontë Villette II. xxviii. 308 I could not have tormented a being inoffensive as a shadow. 2. Not objectionable, not obnoxious or offensive; not offending the senses; not a cause of offence. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective] > without specific unpleasant qualities undreigha1400 unloathsome1440 ungrievingc1480 inoffensive1622 unprovokinga1658 uncloying1665 ungalling1744 uninvidious1822 unexasperating1855 unirritating1896 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman xi. 103 A more delightfull and in-offensiue recreation. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 345 For drink the Grape She crushes, inoffensive moust. View more context for this quotation 1744 G. Berkeley Siris (ESTC T72826) §9 An inoffensive medicine and agreeable to the stomach. 1876 Trans. Clin. Soc. 9 13 The wound has discharged freely, the discharge being quite healthy and inoffensive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1598
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