Definition
Having come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger.
Origins
Conjunction of safe (“not in danger”) and sound (“intact, healthy”). Compare with Old French sauf et sain.
In Context
- "Come to the Centaur, fetch our ſtuffe from thence: I long that we were ſafe and ſound aboord."
Also Said As
- in one piece
- unharmed
- unhurt
- uninjured
- unscathed