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fireless

[ fahyuhr-lis ]

adjective

  1. lacking fire; without a fire.
  2. lacking spirit or enthusiasm.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fireless1

First recorded in 1350–1400, fireless is from the Middle English word fuyrles. See fire, -less
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Example Sentences

She stood before the fireless chimney-piece with one of her hands on it.

Paris blossomed out with what I thought was an American invention, the fireless cooker.

Why should Sylvia warm herself by the kitchen fire while he shivered fireless and almost candleless in the desolate parlor?

It was sharp and freezing in the fireless chamber, but Dolly's blood had a racing, healthy tingle to it; she didn't mind cold.

"I will do very nicely, I thank you," smiled the new cook in the light of the lantern which stood upon the fireless cook-stove.

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