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unˈfearful, a.
[un-1 7.]
Having no fear; fearless.
1544Betham Precepts War i. cxliii. G viij b, To chose souldyours whyche ben vnfearfull and couragious to encountre wyth theyr enemyes. a1569A. Kingsmill Comf. Afflict. (1585) E 6 Other notable women, that were so unfearefull to suffer moste sharpe death. 1603Breton Mad World Wks. (Grosart) II. 10/1 He..led me into his house, the doore open, as unfearefull of theeves, as vnprovided for strangers. 1784Unfortunate Sensibility II. 155 Thou mayest enjoy thy full inheritance unfearful of the shafts of envy. 1850Alison Hist. Eur. (ed. 2) XIII. xc. 270 The humming-bird,..so quick in its motions, so unfearful of man. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 313/2 The very fish..would glide, unfearful, between his [Thoreau's] hands. |