dreadless

adj
/ˈdɹɛdləs/UK

Etymology

From Middle English dredles, dredeles, equivalent to dread + -less.

  1. inherited from dredles

Definitions

  1. Feeling no dread or fear

    Feeling no dread or fear; unafraid.

    • So doubly is distrest twixt ioy and cares / The dreadlesse courage of this Elfin knight, / Hauing escapt so sad ensamples in his sight.
    • And to make shew of his dreadlesse magnanimitie, having caused a pan of burning coales to be brought, he saw and suffred his right arme[…]to be parched and wel-nigh rosted-off[…].
  2. Exempt from danger which causes dread

    Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure.

    • Safe in his dreadless den.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA