| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| anodyne (adj., n.) |
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| The adjective means “soothing, pain-relieving,” and the noun is “a soothing medicine, anything that relieves pain.” But the important thing to remember is that anodyne also has pejorative senses: “bland, dull, weak” for the adjective, and “something that represents or displays one or more of those qualities” for the noun. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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