ANODYNE


Meaning of ANODYNE in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. able to relieve pain.

2 mentally soothing.

--n. an anodyne drug or medicine.

Etymology: L anodynus f. Gk anodunos painless (as AN-(1), odune pain)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.