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harm | scatheless |

As a proper noun harm

is , low german, derived from herman, meaning "army man".

As an adjective scatheless is

without scathe or harm; without mischief, injury, or damage; unharmed.

harm

English

(wikipedia harm)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
  • * , chapter=13
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.}}
  • That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms .

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "harm": bodily, physical, environmental, emotional, financial, serious, irreparable, potential, long-term, short-term, permanent, lasting, material, substantial.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause injury to another; to hurt; to cause damage to something.

    • Derived terms

    * do no harm * harmer * harmless * harm's way * self-harm * unharmed

    Anagrams

    * ----

    scatheless

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Without scathe or harm; without mischief, injury, or damage; unharmed.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=Francesco Saverio Nitti, title=Peaceless Europe, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=With the exception, perhaps, of Great Britain, whose privileged insular situation, enormous mercantile navy and flourishing trade in coal have enabled her to resume her pre-war economic existence almost entirely, no country has emerged scatheless from the War. The rates of exchange soar daily to fantastic heights, and insuperable barriers to the commerce of European nations are being created. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1915, author=Irvin S. Cobb, title=Paths of Glory, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The houses round about have fared better, in the main, than the mill, though none of them has come scatheless out of the fight. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1884, author=H. Rider Haggard, title=Dawn, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He felt like a man who has just come scatheless through some horrible crisis, and once more knows the sweet sensation of safety. }}