Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Full of defiance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective rare Full of daring or of defiance; adventurous.

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  • adjective Full of daring or defiance; adventurous.

Etymologies

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dare +‎ -ful

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Examples

  • Our dareful King that rules the monsters of the deep, [67] struck excessive terror into all the regions of the western ocean.

    The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition against Scotland, A.D. MCCLXIII. 1214-1284 Sturla ����r��arson 1249

  • "I ban't a dareful man," he replied, "that would run down the road in daylight for the whole nation to see, and I be terr'ble weak in the legs, so I just crept out in the night, so quiet as a star-beam, and sheltered in the orchard yonder, till I seed the rod fairly put in my hand by the

    Explorers of the Dawn Mazo De la Roche 1920

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