shot-freeadj.

Etymology: < shot n.¹ (senses 7 and 23) + free adj. With sense 1 compare Middle Dutch schotvrī (early modern Dutch schotvrij ), Middle Low German schotvrī (also schōtesvrī ), Old Swedish skutfrir ; also (with variant first element: see discussion at scot n.²), Old Swedish skatfrir (Swedish skattefri ), early modern Danishskatfri (Danish (regional) skattefri ), all in sense ‘free from scot or tax’. With sense 2 compare Dutch schotvrij, German schussfrei.

a. Free from payment of ‘shot’, = scot-free adj. 2; (hence also) unpunished; = scot-free adj. 1. Now rare.

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society > trade and finance > charges > freedom from charge > [adjective]

shot-freelOE

freea1225

costless1509

scot-free1542

free cost1586

chargeless1599

cost-free1602

gratuitous1656

gratis1659

pro deo1856

comp1875

tariffless1891

uncharged1894

buckshee1915

freebie1937

mahala1977

value-added1982

lOE Writ of Edward the Confessor (Sawyer 1120) in F. E. Harmer Anglo-Saxon Writs (1952) 343 Ic wille þæt þæt cotlif Leosne..ligge nu ðider inn to ðæra muneca fodan mid eallum ðæra ðingum þe þær to hyreð..scotfreo & gafolfreo on scire & on hundrede.

lOE Writ of Edward the Confessor, Westminster (Sawyer 1137) in F. E. Harmer Anglo-Saxon Writs (1952) 358 [Ic kyþe eow þæt ic wille] ðet þæt plott landes æt Clæigate, l[i]gge nu heonon forð inn to Sancte Petre æt Westmynstre, mid ælc ðere þing[a þæt þarto birð],..scotfri & gafollfri of [scire & hundrede, of gelde] & of dænegelde & of ealles cynnes ðingæ.

a1225 ( Writ of Edward the Confessor, Bury St. Edmunds (Sawyer 1075) in Publ. Pipe Roll Soc. (1957) XXXIII. 88 Ic cyðe eow þat ic gehate be fullan haese, þat Sance Ædmundes inland sy scotfreo fram heregelde an fram eghwile [read eghwilc] oðer gaful.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iii. 30 Though I could scape shot-free at London, I feare the shot here, heres no skoring but vpon the pate.

1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Phormio ii. i, in Terence in Eng. 409 To come shot free [L. asymbolum venire] anointed and washed from the bathes.

1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 32 Bread, Beere, and Oysters is their meat, Which freely, friendly, shot-free all do eat.

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I Shot free (unpunished) impune.

1892 H. V. Mills Lake Country Romances 169 Thou shalt not go shot-free this time.

†b. Of a meal: at which no payment is made.

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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [adjective] > free of charge for meal

shot-free1699

1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iv. xi. 311 A shot-free Banquet, or a Marriage-feast, Not such as is by Contribution made.

†2.

a. Safe from shot, shot-proof. Obsolete.

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a1586 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xl. 19 Last, Reson rais, ay shotfrie vnder sheeld.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 167 What shot-free Corslet,..'Gainst th'angrie Aspic could assure them safetie.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wilts. 157 Such Officers being commonly shot-free by their place, as not Exposed to danger.

1778 Arminian Mag. 1 198 A receipt to make us shot-free, sword and pistol proof.

b. figurative.

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society > armed hostility > defence > [adjective] > proof against weapons

cannon-proof1588

pistol-proof1590

sword-proofa1593

musket-proof1603

arrow-proof1612

shot-free1616

bomb-proof1702

splinter-proof1834

bullet-proof1856

metal proof1906

hard1958

the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > specific

pistol-proof1590

sword-proofa1593

fireproof1610

plot proofa1616

shot-free1616

stick-free1632

armour-proof1635

water-free1642

sting-free1644

iron-free1670

bomb-proof1702

ball-proof1759

bear-proof1840

bullet-proof1856

dingo-proof1873

aseismic1884

tamperproof1886

radioresistant1922

tamper-resistant1978

1616 B. Jonson Poëtaster (rev. ed.) To Rdr., in Wks. I. 349 Whilst I, at whom they shot, sit here shot-free, And as vn-hurt of enuy, as vnhit.

1736 J. Serces Popery Enemy to Script. 96 As long as our Adversaries level no other Arrows at our Heads we are Shot-free.

1820 W. Tooke tr. Lucian Lucian of Samosata I. 317 Why are the Muses invulnerable to you and shot-free?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	shot-free
释义	shot-freeadj. Etymology: < shot n.¹ (senses 7 and 23) + free adj. With sense 1 compare Middle Dutch schotvrī (early modern Dutch schotvrij ), Middle Low German schotvrī (also schōtesvrī ), Old Swedish skutfrir ; also (with variant first element: see discussion at scot n.²), Old Swedish skatfrir (Swedish skattefri ), early modern Danishskatfri (Danish (regional) skattefri ), all in sense ‘free from scot or tax’. With sense 2 compare Dutch schotvrij, German schussfrei. 1. a. Free from payment of ‘shot’, = scot-free adj. 2; (hence also) unpunished; = scot-free adj. 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > charges > freedom from charge > [adjective] shot-freelOE freea1225 costless1509 scot-free1542 free cost1586 chargeless1599 cost-free1602 gratuitous1656 gratis1659 pro deo1856 comp1875 tariffless1891 uncharged1894 buckshee1915 freebie1937 mahala1977 value-added1982 lOE Writ of Edward the Confessor (Sawyer 1120) in F. E. Harmer Anglo-Saxon Writs (1952) 343 Ic wille þæt þæt cotlif Leosne..ligge nu ðider inn to ðæra muneca fodan mid eallum ðæra ðingum þe þær to hyreð..scotfreo & gafolfreo on scire & on hundrede. lOE Writ of Edward the Confessor, Westminster (Sawyer 1137) in F. E. Harmer Anglo-Saxon Writs (1952) 358 [Ic kyþe eow þæt ic wille] ðet þæt plott landes æt Clæigate, l[i]gge nu heonon forð inn to Sancte Petre æt Westmynstre, mid ælc ðere þing[a þæt þarto birð],..scotfri & gafollfri of [scire & hundrede, of gelde] & of dænegelde & of ealles cynnes ðingæ. a1225 ( Writ of Edward the Confessor, Bury St. Edmunds (Sawyer 1075) in Publ. Pipe Roll Soc. (1957) XXXIII. 88 Ic cyðe eow þat ic gehate be fullan haese, þat Sance Ædmundes inland sy scotfreo fram heregelde an fram eghwile [read eghwilc] oðer gaful. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. iii. 30 Though I could scape shot-free at London, I feare the shot here, heres no skoring but vpon the pate. View more context for this quotation 1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Phormio ii. i, in Terence in Eng. 409 To come shot free [L. asymbolum venire] anointed and washed from the bathes. 1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 32 Bread, Beere, and Oysters is their meat, Which freely, friendly, shot-free all do eat. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ I Shot free (unpunished) impune. 1892 H. V. Mills Lake Country Romances 169 Thou shalt not go shot-free this time. †b. Of a meal: at which no payment is made. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [adjective] > free of charge for meal shot-free1699 1699 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ II. iv. xi. 311 A shot-free Banquet, or a Marriage-feast, Not such as is by Contribution made. †2. a. Safe from shot, shot-proof. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1586 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems xl. 19 Last, Reson rais, ay shotfrie vnder sheeld. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vi. 167 What shot-free Corslet,..'Gainst th'angrie Aspic could assure them safetie. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Wilts. 157 Such Officers being commonly shot-free by their place, as not Exposed to danger. 1778 Arminian Mag. 1 198 A receipt to make us shot-free, sword and pistol proof. b. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > [adjective] > proof against weapons cannon-proof1588 pistol-proof1590 sword-proofa1593 musket-proof1603 arrow-proof1612 shot-free1616 bomb-proof1702 splinter-proof1834 bullet-proof1856 metal proof1906 hard1958 the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable > specific pistol-proof1590 sword-proofa1593 fireproof1610 plot proofa1616 shot-free1616 stick-free1632 armour-proof1635 water-free1642 sting-free1644 iron-free1670 bomb-proof1702 ball-proof1759 bear-proof1840 bullet-proof1856 dingo-proof1873 aseismic1884 tamperproof1886 radioresistant1922 tamper-resistant1978 1616 B. Jonson Poëtaster (rev. ed.) To Rdr., in Wks. I. 349 Whilst I, at whom they shot, sit here shot-free, And as vn-hurt of enuy, as vnhit. 1736 J. Serces Popery Enemy to Script. 96 As long as our Adversaries level no other Arrows at our Heads we are Shot-free. 1820 W. Tooke tr. Lucian Lucian of Samosata I. 317 Why are the Muses invulnerable to you and shot-free? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.lOE
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