English Explanatory Dictionary

emotionless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Lacking emotion.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-emotionless.wav

Word forms

emotionless more emotionless most emotionless

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English emotionless From emotion + -less.

Synonyms

alexithymic

Derived words

emotionlessly emotionlessness

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