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单词 painlessness
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painlessnessn.

Brit. /ˈpeɪnlᵻsnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpeɪnləsnəs/
Forms: see painless adj. and -ness suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: painless adj., -ness suffix.
Etymology: < painless adj. + -ness suffix.
The quality or condition of being painless; freedom from pain or difficulty.
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the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > freedom from pain
painlessness1634
1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 137 Could the Physitians have given her, if not health, yet relaxation, and painelessnesse, her meanes had not been mis-bestowed.
1854 J. B. Braithwaite Mem. Joseph John Gurney II. xlvii. 522 The peacefulness, and almost painlessness of his illness, may surely be reckoned among those ‘sparing mercies’, to which he often and feelingly alluded.
1864 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 209 Shall I ever more have a day of ease, of painlessness?
1939 Sci. Monthly July 37/1 It is the very painlessness of the disorder which makes it dangerous.
1961 Times 17 Mar. 11/3 The high incidence of bankruptcy in Los Angeles..may be due..to the relative painlessness of the process in this part of the world.
2002 Daily Tel. 23 Mar. 12 One advantage of flying with Iberia..was the painlessness of it: checking in at Madrid's Barajas airport took us less than 10 minutes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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