scatheful
English
Alternative forms
- scathful
- scadeful (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English *scatheful (attested in derivative unnskaþefull), from Old English sceaþful (“hurtful”), equivalent to scathe + -ful. Cognate with Scots scathfull, scaithful (“harmful, hurtful, injurious, damaging”).
Adjective
scatheful (comparative more scatheful, superlative most scatheful)
- Causing harm or mischief; injurious; destructive.
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