unfeared

adjective

un·​feared

¦ən+

1

obsolete : not frightened : unafraid

stand upright and unfeared

—Ben Jonson

2

: not feared

an unfeared adversary

Word History

Etymology

in sense 1, from Middle English unferd, from un- entry 1 + fered, ferd, past participle of feren to frighten; in sense 2, from un- entry 1 + feared, past participle of fear

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