| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Indifferent or neutral.[Websters]
2. Incapable of doing either harm or good, as some medicines.[Websters] 3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb adiaphorously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (adiaphorously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective adiaphorous.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "ADIAPHOROUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Adiaphorous \Ad`i*aph"o*rous\, adjective. [expression of Greek origin; 'a priv. different; through to bear.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: ADIAPHOROUS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Indifferent; neutral; a name given by Boyle to a spirit distilled from tartar, and some other vegetable substances, neither acid, nor alkaline, or not possessing the distinct character of any chimical body.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] (medicine) neither harmful nor beneficial. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
