Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Harmful; injurious; mischievous.
- noun Hurt; injury.
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- adjective
Harmful ;noxious ;injurious ;mischievous . - noun
Hurt ;injury .
Etymologies
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From Middle English scathel ("harmful"), from Old English *sceaþol, from Proto-Germanic *skaþulaz (“harmful”), equivalent to scathe + -le. Cognate with Old High German scadel ("injurious, harmful"), Gothic (skaþuls, "injurious, wicked").
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