a. [UN-1 7.] Having no fear; fearless.
1544. Betham, Precepts War, I. cxliii. G viij b. To chose souldyours whyche ben vnfearfull and couragious to encountre wyth theyr enemyes.
a. 1569. Kingesmyll, Conf. Afflict. (1585), E 6. Other notable women, that were so unfearefull to suffer moste sharpe death.
1603. Breton, Mad World, Wks. (Grosart), II. 10/1. He … led me into his house, the doore open, as unfearefull of theeves, as vnprovided for strangers.
1784. Unfortunate Sensibility, II. 155. Thou mayest enjoy thy full inheritance unfearful of the shafts of envy.
1850. Alison, Hist. Eur. (ed. 2), XIII. xc. 270. The humming-bird,… so quick in its motions, so unfearful of man.
1888. Encycl. Brit., XXIII. 313/2. The very fish … would glide, unfearful, between his [Thoreau’s] hands.
