fireless

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English

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Etymology

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From fire +‎ -less.

Adjective

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fireless (not comparable)

  1. Without fire.
    a fireless cooker
    • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 262:
      Nungi, hungry and weary, had come to a fireless and supperless hut, and, after firemaking, was busy preparing supper for himself and Woona - she sitting calmly watching him.

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