Both Uses of
daunt
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- I have hired a vessel and am occupied in collecting my sailors; those whom I have already engaged appear to be men on whom I can depend and are certainly possessed of dauntless courage.†
p. 19.2dauntless = never discouraged or intimidatedstandard suffix: The suffix "-less" in dauntless means without. This is the same pattern you see in words like fearless, homeless, and endless.
- This circumstance, added to his well-known integrity and dauntless courage, made me very desirous to engage him.†
p. 20.6 *
Definition:
to discourage or intimidate