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anodin.

anodyne

6 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/a.nɔ.dɛ̃/

  1. anodyne

    Les préparations de ciguë, d'opium, etc., sont des remèdes anodins.

  2. ineffective

    figuratively
    Dans l'état des choses, il ne faut pas se contenter de remèdes anodins.

  3. innocuous, harmless, trivial

    broadly
    un discours anodin
    anodin en apparence

  4. trivial, unimportant, insignificant

Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνώδυνος (anṓdunos, “free from pain”), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὀδύνη (odúnē, “pain”).

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