odourless

odourless

English

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Etymology

Etymology tree
English odour
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English odourless

    From odour + -less.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊdələs/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adjective

    odourless (not comparable)

    1. Having no odour.
      They were taken unawares and overcome when the room filled with a lethal, odourless gas.
      • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 357:
        Smiling, young, muscular, paunchless, probably odourless, he went.

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