adiaphorous

[ ad-ee-af-er-uhs ]

adjective

1. doing neither good nor harm, as a medicine.

adiaphorous

/ ˌædɪˈæfərəs /

adjective

1. med having no effect for good or ill, as a drug or placebo

Word History and Origins

Origin of adiaphorous¹

1625–35, for earlier sense; < Greek adiáphoros, equivalent to a- a- ⁶ + diáphoros different ( dia- dia- + -phoros -phorous )

Word History and Origins

Origin of adiaphorous¹

C17: from Greek adiaphoros indifferent, from a- ¹+ diaphoros different