dreadless

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English dredles, dredeles, equivalent to dread +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dreadless (comparative more dreadless, superlative most dreadless)

  1. Feeling no dread or fear; unafraid.
  2. (obsolete) Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene:
      Safe in his dreadless den.

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