fireless

English

Etymology

fire +‎ -less

Adjective

fireless (not comparable)

Without fire.
a fireless cooker
- 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 262:
  Nungi, hungry and weary, had come to a fireless and supperless hut, and, after firemaking, was busy preparing supper for himself and Woona - she sitting calmly watching him.

Translations

without fire

Finnish: tuleton
Greek:
Ancient: ἄπυρος (ápuros)

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