different between curative vs anodyne

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kj??.?.t?v/

Etymology 1

From Middle French curatif.

Adjective

curative (comparative more curative, superlative most curative)

1. Possessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.

   The curative power of the antibiotics introduced in the 1950s was amazing at the time.

Translations

See also

• therapeutic
• remedial

Noun

curative (plural curatives)

1. A substance that acts as a cure.

Etymology 2

Adjective

curative (not comparable)

1. (grammar) of a verb, conveying the meaning "the agent makes a patient do something"

Usage notes

• Curative verbs are common in Uralic languages.

Hypernyms

• causative

Translations

Further reading

• 2011 article by Geda Paulsen in Linguistica Uralica, available online in The Free Library [1]

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.?a.tiv/

Adjective

curative

1. feminine singular of curatif

Italian

Adjective

curative

1. feminine plural of curativo

Anagrams

• curatevi, curviate, ricevuta

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin an?dynos (“stilling or relieving pain”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (an?dunos, “free from pain”), from ??- (an-, “without”) + ????? (odún?, “pain”).

Adjective sense “noncontentious” probably through French anodin (“harmless, trivial”), of same origin.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æn.?.da?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Adjective

anodyne (comparative more anodyne, superlative most anodyne)

1. (pharmacology) capable of soothing or eliminating pain [from 16th c.]
   • 1847, Littell's Living Age, number 161, 12 June 1847, in Volume 13, page 483:

   • 1910, Edward L. Keyes, Diseases of the Genito-Urinary Organs, page 211:

2. (figuratively) soothing or relaxing [from 18th c.]

3. (by extension) noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate [from 20th c.]

   Synonyms: bland, inoffensive, noncontentious

   • 2003, The Guardian, 20 May 2003:

   • 2010, "Rattled", The Economist, 9 Dec 2010:

Translations

Noun

anodyne (plural anodynes)

1. (pharmacology) any medicine or other agent that relieves pain
2. (figuratively) a source of relaxation or comfort
   • 1890, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. VII:

   • 1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, page 79:

Translations

Derived terms

References

• anodyne in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “anodyne”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• “anodyne”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Anagrams

• annoyed

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.n?.din/
• Homophone: anodynes

Adjective

anodyne

1. feminine singular of anodyn

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?no?.dy.ne/, [ä?no?d??n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?no.di.ne/, [??n??d?in?]

Adjective

an?dyne

1. vocative masculine singular of an?dynos or an?dynus