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Webster 1828 Edition
Scotfree
SCOT'FREE
,Adj.
1.
Free from payment or scot; untaxed.2.
Unhurt; clear; safe.Definition 2024
scotfree
scotfree
See also: scot-free
English
Adverb
scotfree
- Alternative spelling of scot-free
- 1577, Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 3
- […] albeit well knowne that they escaped not scotfrée,
- 1915, George Willis Botsford, Hellenic Civilization, page 429
- […] but in the actual situation how would you not seem to act outrageously if you are to let go scotfree the men who confess that they have been acting illegally?
- 1577, Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, volume 3
Translations
scot-free — see scot-free