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scathand

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
scat-hand
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Harmful; scathing.

British usage

Etymology

From Middle English skathand, scathende, from Old English sceaþiende, present participle of sceaþian (“to scathe”), equivalent to scathe + -and.

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Inflected Forms

more scathand (comparative) most scathand (superlative) scatheand (alternative) scaithand (alternative) skathand (alternative) skaithand (alternative)

Questions

What does scathand mean?
Harmful; scathing.
Where does scathand come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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