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frightless

adj

Etymology

From fright + -less.

  1. derived from *pr̥k-✻
  2. inherited from *furhtį̄✻
  3. inherited from fryhtu
  4. inherited from fright
  5. suffixed as frightless — “fright + less”

Definitions

  1. Free from fright

    Free from fright; fearless.

    • Reggie woke her from a frightless slumber years ago with a tarantula in a shoebox, disappointed when it didn't make her scream.
    • Yes, yes, yes, even as he'd tried to sleep next to her, agonizing over the plight of the frightless union, [...]
    • Elliot put his frightless eyes near mine and gave an equine snort.

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