Firelessness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The absence of fire. uncountable
"When anthropologist James Frazer examined reports of prehistoric firelessness, he found them equally full of fantasy, such as fire being brought by a cockatoo or being tamed after it was discovered in a woman's genitals."
Example
More examples"When anthropologist James Frazer examined reports of prehistoric firelessness, he found them equally full of fantasy, such as fire being brought by a cockatoo or being tamed after it was discovered in a woman's genitals."
Etymology
From fireless + -ness.
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