fireless

[ fahyuhr-lis ]

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of fireless¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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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.

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"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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