All 3 Uses of
scathing
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- This Ring has already passed through it unscathed, and even unheated.†
Chpt 1.2unscathed = not severely harmedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unscathed means not and reverses the meaning of scathed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- But of that perilous land we have heard in Gondor, and it is said that few come out who once go in; and of that few none have escaped unscathed.†
Chpt 2.6
- Say not unscathed, but if you say unchanged, then maybe you will speak the truth said Aragorn.†
Chpt 2.6 *
Definition:
to severely harm -- especially by fire or through criticism