escapeful

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

escape +‎ -ful

Adjective[edit]

escapeful (comparative more escapeful, superlative most escapeful)

  1. Giving a chance of escape.
    • 2000, Joshua P. Warren, The Evil in Asheville, page 246:
      [] the frightened or insane eyes of an animal, sometimes with eyelids closed in escapeful slumber.