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单词 affrayment
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affraymentn.

Brit. /əˈfreɪm(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈfreɪm(ə)nt/
Forms: 1700s affraiment, 2000s– affrayment.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: affray v., -ment suffix.
Etymology: < affray v. + -ment suffix. Compare post-classical Latin affraiamentum, affrayamentum (late 14th cent. in British sources).
rare.
= affray n. 4.
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [noun] > rout, mobbing, or affray
affray?a1400
rout1429
affrayment1704
mobbing1797
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Affray Affray or Affraiment, in the Common-Law, is an Affrightment put upon one or more Persons; and this may be wrought..without a Word spoken or Blow given.
2007 B. Galvin Ocean Effects iv. 51 The man's seductive rhetoric so fanned affrayments as to cause in meadows and byways near perpetual brawling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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