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unscary

adj

Etymology

From un- + scary.

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻ — “to swing, jump, move”
  2. derived from *skirzijaną✻ — “to shoo, scare off”
  3. derived from skirra — “to frighten; to shrink away from, shun; to prevent, avert”
  4. inherited from scaren
  5. formed as scary — “scare + -y”
  6. prefixed as unscary — “un + scary”

Definitions

  1. Not scary.

The neighborhood

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