Unbaleful

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not baleful, harmless, innocent.

    "The Unbaleful Bourbon"

Example

More examples

"In the old days 'pourings on to boats' in New York were an ideal curtain to a visit: particularly in prohibition days, when you knew that in a very litde while you would be on a bar stool, ordering a legitimate and unbaleful glass of morning beer."

Etymology

From Middle English unbaleful, from Old English unbealuful, equivalent to un- + baleful.

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