different between dreadnaught vs fearnaught

dreadnaught

English

Noun

dreadnaught (plural dreadnaughts)

  1. Alternative spelling of dreadnought
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 3
      Going to his heavy grego, or wrapall, or dreadnaught, which he had previously hung on a chair, he fumbled in the pockets, and produced at length a curious little deformed image with a hunch on its back, and exactly the colour of a three days' old Congo baby.

Derived terms

  • super dreadnaught

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fearnaught

English

Alternative forms

  • fearnought

Etymology

fear +? naught

Noun

fearnaught (plural fearnaughts)

  1. A fearless person.
  2. A stout woolen cloth of great thickness; dreadnought
  3. (by extension) A warm garment, especially one made of this cloth.

References

  • fearnaught at OneLook Dictionary Search

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