单词 | undreadful |
释义 | undreadfuladj. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > dreadlessness > [adjective] awelessc1400 dreadlessc1400 undreadfulc1400 dreadnought1592 unredoubting1665 unapprehensive1666 undreading1745 c1400 Comm. Luke i. 13 (Bodl. 143) Þe deuels cruelte is best ouercomon bi vndredeful feiþ. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. L2v A Man prepar'd against all ills to come,..Undreadfull too of courtly thunderclaps. 2. Not causing dread. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > [adjective] > not frightening informidable1596 undreadful1611 fearless1612 terrorless1813 untremendous1820 unfrightful1837 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Informidabile, vndreadfull, not terrible. Derivatives unˈdreadfully adv. †without dread or fear. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > dreadlessness > [adverb] undreadfullyc1430 dreadlessly1628 c1430 Life St. Katherine (Roxburghe Club) 34 She made vppon hir self þe token of þe crosse and vndredfully went vnto þe paleys. a1440 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 55 For cause, yn rycchynge of thy-self othir men thou spoylid vndredfully, now thou begynnyst to nede. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.c1400 |
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