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Word of the Day – Anodyne

  • Adjective: Anodyne
    1. not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so. “anodyne New Age music”
  • Noun: Anodyne
    1. a painkilling drug or medicine.
  • Synonyms (adjective):
  1. Harmless
  2. Benign
  3. Innocent
  4. Innocuous
  5. Inoffensive
  6. Safe
  • Usage:

“Like the Mule, it cut the ginger beer’s sweetness with half a lime, squeezed into the glass and then dropped into it. And like the Mule, it was based on the cutting-edge spirit of its day. In 1900—and here’s why I prefer the drink—that meant not an anodyne distillate like vodka, but rather a good, rich blended Scotch whisky.”

  • Encountered:

While reading an article on The Daily Beast – Mamie Taylor is the Original Moscow Mule

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