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scatheful

adj

Etymology

From Middle English *scatheful (attested in derivative unnskaþefull), from Old English sceaþful (“hurtful”), equivalent to scathe + -ful. Cognate with Scots scathfull, scaithful (“harmful, hurtful, injurious, damaging”).

  1. inherited from sceaþful
  2. inherited from *scatheful✻

Definitions

  1. Causing harm or mischief

    Causing harm or mischief; destructive, injurious.

The neighborhood

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