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anodin

/a.nɔ.dɛ̃/

adjective/a.nɔ.dɛ̃/

anodyne; ineffective; innocuous, harmless, trivial; trivial, unimportant, insignificant

Les préparations de ciguë, d'opium, etc., sont des remèdes anodins.Preparations of hemlock, opium, and so forth, are known as anodynes.

Synonyms: faible, insignifiant

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνώδυνος (anṓdunos, “free from pain”), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὀδύνη (odúnē, “pain”).