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Subject: achromic: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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Apr. 7, 2014

achromic \ey-KROH-mik\ adjective 1. colorless; without coloring matter. Quotes The opportunity to turn something down, to glance at the See full quote -- Tania James, Atlas of Unknowns, 2009 Origin A combination of a- and chromic, achromic entered English in the 1750s. The prefix a- is a variant of an-, which meant "not," "without," or "lacking" in Greek, as in the words anarchy and amoral. A common variant is achromous.

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