dauntless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈdɔnt.ləs/ (General-American)
- /ˈdɔːnt.ləs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈdɑnt.ləs/ (cot-caught-merger)
Etymology
Etymology tree Old French danterbor. Latin domitō Old French donterbor. Middle English daunten English daunt Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English dauntless From daunt + -less.
Meanings
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Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.
[...] And yet / Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set, / And blew "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came."
1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XXXIV:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most dauntless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more dauntless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Translations (23)
hi निडर (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · hi निर्भय (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · fi peloton (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · sh неустрашив (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · hu rettenthetetlen (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · cs nebojácný (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · bg неустрашим (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · sh neustrašiv (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · pdt brow (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · de furchtlos (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · nl onverschrokken (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · fr indomptable (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · cs neohrožený (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · pl nieustraszony (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · mns-nor пилта̄л (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · ru неустрашимый (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · mns-nor рохтуптаӈкве ве̄румта̄л (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · de unerschrocken (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · es impertérrito (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · uk безстрашний (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · tr yılmaz (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · la interritus (invulnerable to fear or intimidation) · fi huimapäinen (invulnerable to fear or intimidation)