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unbaleful

adjective

  1. Not baleful, harmless, innocent.

    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.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry unbaleful (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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