frightless
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]frightless (comparative more frightless, superlative most frightless)
- Free from fright; fearless.
- 2001, Stephen Beachy, Distortion:
- Reggie woke her from a frightless slumber years ago with a tarantula in a shoebox, disappointed when it didn't make her scream.
- 2005, B. Elwin Sherman, Toolkit in Paradise:
- Yes, yes, yes, even as he'd tried to sleep next to her, agonizing over the plight of the frightless union, [...]
- 2015, Steve Toltz, Quicksand:
- Elliot put his frightless eyes near mine and gave an equine snort.
References
[edit]- “frightless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.