Scathy

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Mischievous; vicious; dangerous. UK, archaic, dialectal

Synonyms

vicious vicious

Etymology

From Middle English scathi, from Old English *scaþiġ, sċeaþiġ (“injurious”), equivalent to scathe + -y.

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