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dauntsome

adj

Etymology

From daunt + -some.

  1. derived from *demh₂-✻ — “to domesticate, tame”
  2. derived from *domaō✻
  3. derived from domō — “tame, conquer”
  4. derived from domitō — “tame”
  5. derived from danter
  6. inherited from daunten
  7. formed as dauntsome — “daunt + -some”

Definitions

  1. Tending to daunt or intimidate.

    • Miss Maryllia was just as peart and dauntsome when she was her age.
    • At the foot of this dauntsome grind is the famous Grimsel Hospice, sold eighteen years ago to a captain of the tourist industry, after being owned and worked by the commune of Hasli for the respectable term of 520 years.

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