tearless

adj

Etymology

From tear + -less.

  1. derived from *dáḱru-
  2. inherited from *tahrą
  3. inherited from *tahr
  4. inherited from tēar
  5. inherited from teer — “tear
  6. suffixed as tearless — “tear + less

Definitions

  1. Without tears.

    • My tearless retina takes pictures that can prove
    • I see us passing, one after another — tearless funerals, the widowed treated like non-entities
    • Instead, a shrug and tearless eyes

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