Word Nerd Strikes Again
How come there is a word "unscathed" but not "scathed"? There is "scathing," but again, no "scathe." The English language is quite confusing.
posted by Shoshana @ 6:32 PM
Monday, March 05, 2007
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1 Comments:
Try
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/scathed
or
http://dict.die.net/scath/
or
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/scathe
It's also in the hardcopy Webster's in my diningroom. You just don't hear it very often....
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