"scatheful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more scatheful [comparative], most scatheful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English *scatheful (attested in derivative unnskaþefull), from Old English sceaþful (“hurtful”), equivalent to scathe + -ful. Cognate with Scots scathfull, scaithful (“harmful, hurtful, injurious, damaging”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*scatheful}} Middle English *scatheful, {{inh|en|ang|sceaþful||hurtful}} Old English sceaþful (“hurtful”), {{suffix|en|scathe|ful|pos=adjective}} scathe + -ful, {{cog|sco|scathfull}} Scots scathfull Head templates: {{en-adj}} scatheful (comparative more scatheful, superlative most scatheful)
  1. (archaic) Causing harm or mischief; destructive, injurious. Tags: archaic Synonyms: harmful, scathful, scadeful [obsolete] Derived forms: scathefulness

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