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scatheless

adj

Etymology

From Middle English scatheles, skathelæs (“scathless”), from Old English *sceaþlēas; equivalent to scathe + -less, or scath + -less. Cognate with Scots skaithless (“free of financial loss, penalty or liability”), Old Frisian skadlos, schadlos (“scatheless”), Dutch schadeloos (“harmless”), Middle Low German schadelōs, Middle High German schadelōs, Danish skadesløs (“harmless”), Swedish skadeslös (“harmless”), Icelandic skaðlaus (“harmless”).

  1. inherited from *sceaþlēas✻
  2. inherited from scatheles

Definitions

  1. Without scathe or harm

    Without scathe or harm; without mischief, injury, or damage; unharmed.

    • He felt like a man who has just come scatheless through some horrible crisis, and once more knows the sweet sensation of safety.
    • The houses round about have fared better, in the main, than the mill, though none of them has come scatheless out of the fight.

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