English Explanatory Dictionary

scatheless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

scatheless more scatheless most scatheless scathless

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”).

Synonyms

unscathed

Derived words

scathelessly scathelessness
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