affrightenv.

Brit.

/əˈfrʌɪtn/, U.S.

/əˈfraɪtn/

Forms: 1600s afrighten, 1600s– affrighten.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: affright adj., -en suffix⁵.

Etymology: < affright adj.+ -en suffix⁵. Compare earlier affright v. and later frighten v.

Now rare (poetic and literary in later use).

transitive. = affright v. 1. Also occasionally intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > terrify [verb (transitive)]

afearOE

affrightOE

breec1000

offrightlOE

agastc1225

offearc1225

dreadc1250

agrisec1275

begallowc1320

ashunchc1325

adreadc1330

affrayc1330

fleya1400

grise1513

terrify1536

fray-bug1551

thunderbolta1586

fear-blast1593

gaster1593

hazen1593

terrorc1595

affrighten1615

ter-terrifya1618

flaite1642

pavefy1656

repall1687

hobgoblin1707

scarify1794

to scare the daylights out of1951

1615 T. Draxe Alarum to Last Iudgement ii. 14 And withall appall, affrighten and astonish them.

1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 169/1 The whilest her tongue doth thunder and affrighten.

1641 G. Langbaine Episcopall Inheritance 13 Touching the nature of these curses and imprecations, when lands are thus devoted unto God, much might be said to affrighten any one from attempting it.

1704 Observator 22 Dec. 1/1 The Calumnies, the Invictives..of Evil Men shall never affrighten me from performing that Duty I owe to my Dear Country.

1797 R. Southey Botany Bay Eclogues in Poems 101 Fit tales For garrulous beldames to affrighten babes!

1852 J. Fletcher Stud. Slavery iv. ii. 262 The standard of Islam still continued to affrighten the world.

1878 E. Burritt Chips from Many Blocks iii. 91 The winged dragon that overshadows and affrightens them can not stretch its sable wing across the ocean.

1914 A. B. Meek Red Eagle 48 The howl and the war-dance affrighten the night.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	affrighten
释义	affrightenv. Brit. /əˈfrʌɪtn/, U.S. /əˈfraɪtn/ Forms: 1600s afrighten, 1600s– affrighten. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: affright adj., -en suffix⁵. Etymology: < affright adj.+ -en suffix⁵. Compare earlier affright v. and later frighten v. Now rare (poetic and literary in later use). transitive. = affright v. 1. Also occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > terrify [verb (transitive)] afearOE affrightOE breec1000 offrightlOE agastc1225 offearc1225 dreadc1250 agrisec1275 begallowc1320 ashunchc1325 adreadc1330 affrayc1330 fleya1400 grise1513 terrify1536 fray-bug1551 thunderbolta1586 fear-blast1593 gaster1593 hazen1593 terrorc1595 affrighten1615 ter-terrifya1618 flaite1642 pavefy1656 repall1687 hobgoblin1707 scarify1794 to scare the daylights out of1951 1615 T. Draxe Alarum to Last Iudgement ii. 14 And withall appall, affrighten and astonish them. 1630 J. Taylor Wks. ii. 169/1 The whilest her tongue doth thunder and affrighten. 1641 G. Langbaine Episcopall Inheritance 13 Touching the nature of these curses and imprecations, when lands are thus devoted unto God, much might be said to affrighten any one from attempting it. 1704 Observator 22 Dec. 1/1 The Calumnies, the Invictives..of Evil Men shall never affrighten me from performing that Duty I owe to my Dear Country. 1797 R. Southey Botany Bay Eclogues in Poems 101 Fit tales For garrulous beldames to affrighten babes! 1852 J. Fletcher Stud. Slavery iv. ii. 262 The standard of Islam still continued to affrighten the world. 1878 E. Burritt Chips from Many Blocks iii. 91 The winged dragon that overshadows and affrightens them can not stretch its sable wing across the ocean. 1914 A. B. Meek Red Eagle 48 The howl and the war-dance affrighten the night. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1615
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