passionless

passionless

English

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Proto-Indo-European *peh₁-
Proto-Italic *patosder.?
Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.?
Latin patior
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin passiōbor.
Old English passion
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Latin passiōbor.
Old French passionbor.
Middle English passioun
English passion
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 passionless

    From passion + -less.

    Adjective

    passionless (comparative more passionless, superlative most passionless)

    1. Lacking in passion.
      Antonym: passionful
      The lecturer had a cold, passionless approach towards his subject.
      Summer is the most passionless season to me.
      • 1974 February 2, Michael Bronski, “If You Believe in Fairies...”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 16:
        Polite and passionless, a relic of a faded gentility.

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