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English
Etymology
From Middle English paynles, peynlees, equivalent to pain + -less. Compare West Frisian pynleas (“painless”), Dutch pijnloos (“painless”).
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Adjective
painless (comparative more painless, superlative most painless)
- Free from pain; without pain or trouble.
1924, Don Herold, So Human, page 40:There are now washless dishes, painless razors, painless shoes, painless corsets, prepared soups, painless photographs (it used to give you a stiff neck for three days to have your picture taken) […]
- Not difficult; easy.
1952, Morris McNeil Musselman, Second Honeymoon, page 5:At first it seemed like a very painless way to get my work done and I told Milly to let me sleepwrite as much as I liked. We discovered, however, that although my subconscious might lead me to the typewriter, it couldn't make me think.
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(free from pain): acheless, pain-free, unaching
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