dreadless

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/ˈdɹɛdləs/(UK)

Definition of dreadless

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adj

Feeling no dread or fear; unafraid.

“So doubly is distrest twixt ioy and cares / The dreadlesse courage of this Elfin knight, / Hauing escapt so sad ensamples in his sight.”
“And to make shew of his dreadlesse magnanimitie, having caused a pan of burning coales to be brought, he saw and suffred his right arme[…]to be parched and wel-nigh rosted-off[…].”

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adj

Feeling no dread or fear; unafraid.

“So doubly is distrest twixt ioy and cares / The dreadlesse courage of this Elfin knight, / Hauing escapt so sad ensamples in his sight.”
“And to make shew of his dreadlesse magnanimitie, having caused a pan of burning coales to be brought, he saw and suffred his right arme[…]to be parched and wel-nigh rosted-off[…].”
(obsolete)Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure.

“Safe in his dreadless den.”

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

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