fireless
Without fire.
Adjective
- Without fire.
- a fireless cooker
- Nungi, hungry and weary, had come to a fireless and supperless hut, and, after firemaking, was busy preparing supper for himself and Woona—she sitting calmly watching him. - 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally...
- We had made a fireless camp. - 1989, Octavia E. Butler, “Part III, Chapter 5”, in Imago, page 202:
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English fireless From fire + -less.