Scathand

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Harmful; scathing. Scotland, UK, dialectal

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baddamagingdeleteriousdetrimentalharmfulhurtful

Etymology

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

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