frightless

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English

Etymology

From fright +‎ -less.

Adjective

frightless (comparative more frightless, superlative most frightless)

  1. 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.

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