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Word of the Day for Thursday, July 17, 2008 anodyne \AN-uh-dyn\, adjective: 1. Serving to relieve pain; soothing. 2. Not likely to offend; bland; innocuous. 3. A medicine that relieves pain. 4. Anything that calms, comforts, or soothes disturbed feelings. But for the most part the British charts were clogged with anodyne ballads. -- Nigel Williamson, "Here's a little story, to tell it is a must", Times (London), January 11, 2000 He is alternately accused of being too much the warrior and too anodyne. -- Hanna Rosin, "The Madness of Speaker Newt", New Republic, March 17, 1997 Numbness . . . may have replaced pain as the complaint of our century now that aspirin analgesia, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDS), and other anodynes can take away the pains of the civilized world. -- Howard M. Spiro, Facing Death An avid fisherman himself, McGarr shares Nellie's philosophy: "I do not merely fish for fish," she would say, "I fish for doubt's anodyne and care's surcease." -- Marilyn Stasio, "Crime", New York Times, September 19, 1993 This third novel by a reporter for The New York Times shrewdly examines love as an anodyne for rural isolation. -- "Notable Books of the Year 1997", New York Times, December 7, 1997 Anodyne comes, via Latin, from Greek anodunos, "free from pain," from a-, an-, "without" + odune, "pain." Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for anodyne Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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