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Definition of Shitless
1. Adjective. Extremely frightened. "He was scared shitless"
Definition of Shitless
1. Adjective. (vulgar) Having an empty bowel; greatly frightened; (non-gloss definition see usage notes below). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Literary usage of Shitless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (1888)
"He's probably scared shitless to be there, and he's scared shitless about running,
too, because of Roland, who's only doing this whole number ..."
2. The Network Revolution: Confessions of a Computer Scientist by Jacques Vallee (1982)
"... scare them shitless when they want to use a computer. It would be polite and
responsive." "Polite? Yes! Responsive? Yes! Don't scare them shitless! ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1897)
"According to Philip, who took the post of observation at four o'clock, old shitless
bossed the milking from the woodpile as usual. ..."
4. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare (1901)
"shitless, ignorant; III. i. 53. Sociable, companionable, being in close sympathy; V.
i. 63. Something, somewhat; I. ii. 414. Sometime, sometimes; I. ii. ..."
5. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"... »11 things shitless integrity and Divine illumination. It fulfilled all the
conditions and taught all the lessons which Jewish or Christian writers have ..."
6. Development of English Literature and Language by Alfred Hix Welsh (1882)
"He had walk'd Steadily upward in the eye of Fame, And kept his truth unsullied,—but
his home Had been invaded by envenom'd tongues; His wife — his shitless ..."
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