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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ADIAPHOROUS

From Greek adiaphoros indifferent, from a-1 + diaphoros different.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ADIAPHOROUS

adiaphorous  [ˌædɪˈæfərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADIAPHOROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adiaphorous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ADIAPHOROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of adiaphorous in the English dictionary

The definition of adiaphorous in the dictionary is having no effect for good or ill, as a drug or placebo.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADIAPHOROUS


aluminiferous
əˌluːmɪˈnɪfərəs
auriferous
ɔːˈrɪfərəs
Bosphorus
ˈbɒsfərəs
carboniferous
ˌkɑːbəˈnɪfərəs
coniferous
kəˈnɪfərəs
cruciferous
kruːˈsɪfərəs
floriferous
flɔːˈrɪfərəs
fossiliferous
ˌfɒsɪˈlɪfərəs
metalliferous
ˌmɛtəˈlɪfərəs
odoriferous
ˌəʊdəˈrɪfərəs
pestiferous
pɛˈstɪfərəs
phosphorous
ˈfɒsfərəs
phosphorus
ˈfɒsfərəs
pomiferous
pɒˈmɪfərəs
sacchariferous
ˌsækəˈrɪfərəs
seminiferous
ˌsɛmɪˈnɪfərəs
splendiferous
splɛnˈdɪfərəs
sulfurous
ˈsʌlfərəs
vociferous
vəʊˈsɪfərəs
Zephyrus
ˈzɛfərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADIAPHOROUS

adiabatic
adiabatically
adiactinic
adiaphorism
adiaphorist
adiaphoristic
adiaphoron
adiathermancy
adiathermanous
adiathermic
Adichie
Adie
adieu
adieux
Adige
adios
adipic acid
adipocere
adipocerous
adipocyte

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADIAPHOROUS

amorous
carnivorous
dangerous
decorous
dolorous
glamorous
humorous
insectivorous
malodorous
microporous
nonporous
porous
rancorous
rigorous
sonorous
splendorous
stertorous
tumorous
unglamorous
vaporous
vigorous

Synonyms and antonyms of adiaphorous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «adiaphorous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADIAPHOROUS

Find out the translation of adiaphorous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adiaphorous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adiaphorous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

adiaphorous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adiaphorous
570 millions of speakers

English

adiaphorous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

adiaphorous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

adiaphorous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

adiaphorous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adiaphorous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

adiaphorous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

adiaphorous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Adiaphorous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

adiaphorous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

adiaphorous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

adiaphorous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Adiaphorous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

adiaphorous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

adiaphorous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अदलाबदल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

adiaphorous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

adiaphorous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

adiaphorous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

adiaphorous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adiaphorous
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

adiaphorous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

adiaphorous
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

adiaphorous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

adiaphorous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adiaphorous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADIAPHOROUS»

The term «adiaphorous» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.775 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADIAPHOROUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «adiaphorous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «adiaphorous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adiaphorous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADIAPHOROUS»

Discover the use of adiaphorous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adiaphorous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Works ... to which is Prefixed the Life of the Author. A ...
cold by the bare removal, or cessation of that heat, unless it were resrigerated by an agent, that were positively and actively cold ? ' E/eulh. I SAY, Pbiloponur, this supposition should not be made, and that I know of no such adiaphorous body.
Robert I Boyle, 1772
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The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle: In Six Volumes. To ...
WHETHER our adiaphorous spirit may (asI sometimes suspected it may) be genev rated, by a commixture of the finer parts of the oil of the wood reduced to an extraordinary smallness, and thereby capable of being exquisitely mixt with the ...
Robert Boyle, Thomas Birch, 1772
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Opera, en anglois, avec notes par P. Shaw
Whether our adiaphorous spirit may be generated by the commixture of the finer parts of the oil of the wood, reduc'd to an extraordinary minuteness, and thereby render'd fit to be exquisitely mix'd with the phlegm, and strictly associated with its  ...
Robert Boyle, 1738
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The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle: ...
Whether our adiaphorous spirit may be generated by the commixture of the finer parts of the oil of the wood, reduc d to an extraordinary minuteness, and thereby render'd fit to be exquisitely mix'd with the phlegm, and strictly associated with its  ...
Robert Boyle, Peter Shaw, 1725
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First Things First
Adiaphorous. Attitudes. “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” St. Matthew 4:4 The financial aspect of the ministry in the local church is perhaps one of the most neglected areas, yet ...
D S Briggs
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The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
[^Mf,J3r, Gr.] Neutral; particularly used of some spirits and salts, which are neither of an acid or alkaline nature. 2*uieer. — Our adiaphorous spirit may be obtained, by distilling the liquor that is aribided by woods and divers other bodies. -Bojle.
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
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Philologia Anglicana: or, a Philological and synonymical ...
Adiaphorous,-according to Quincy, signifies neutral; particularly used of some spirits and salts, which are neither of an acid nor alkaline nature.” 2. l “ Our adiaphorous spirit may be obtained, by distilling the liquor that is afforded by wood and ...
Benjamin DAWSON (Rector of Burgh, Suffolk.), 1806
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The Grecian Drama: A Treatise on the Dramatic Literature of ...
That there is no analogy between the dactyl and anapaest is evident from this, that the dactyl is substituted for the spondee assimilated in time to the iambus, that is, with its first syllable adiaphorous, and consequently capable of being ...
John Richard Darley (Bp. of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh), 1840
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Ancient Judaism
It was prevented by the dualism of the economic ethic which stamped as adiaphorous certain forms of behavior toward the outsiders which were strictly forbidden with respect to brothers in belief. This was decisive. It posed difficulties for ...
Max Weber, 2010
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The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of ...
Both sides recognized, as a Greek spokesman put it, that "the fathers have permitted the use of [some] things as adiaphorous," neither right nor wrong but neutral. From the Latin side, many of the Greek objections were dismissed as " useless ...
Jaroslav Pelikan, 1977

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADIAPHOROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adiaphorous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Klamath Basin faith briefs
Lay leader Barb Dehlinger will present a sermon titled “Adiaphorous” from the Greek word meaning neither harmful nor beneficial at the 10 a.m. ... «Herald and News, Jun 15»
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Do Whatever He Tells You: The Blessed Virgin Mary in Christian …
Mary's perpetual virginity is an adiaphorous teaching, neither required nor forbidden by Scripture itself. We may regard Mary's virginity as an ... «First Things, Dec 09»
3
Take Two Kickbacks...
They also spend a substantial amount of monies bribing venal medical doctors which in turn prescribes drugs that are adiaphorous, unsoundly tested or ... «Mother Jones, Nov 09»

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