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ill-scathe

ill-scathe noun: harm; hurt.

Noun

ill-scathe (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal) Harm; hurt.
    • Then said Geitir: "I think you have much more excuse for considering this an ill scathe than you had the last time; for the other seemed to me of little moment. [...]"1918, “Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow - Volume 49 - Page 114”, in Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow

Forms of ill-scathe

alternative formill scathe

Origin of ill-scathe

From ill + scathe.

Questions about ill-scathe

What does ill-scathe mean?
Ill-scathe means harm; hurt.
What part of speech is ill-scathe?
Ill-scathe is a noun.

Words near ill-scathe in the dictionary

  1. ill-prepared
  2. ill-proportioned
  3. ill-qualified
  4. ill-received
  5. ill-repute
  6. ill-scathe
  7. ill-scented
  8. ill-seen
  9. ill-sorted
  10. ill-spent
  11. ill-starred

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