frightless

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.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for frightless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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