afeared

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English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English aferd.

Pronunciation

Verb

afeared

  1. simple past and past participle of afear

Adjective

afeared

  1. (dialectal) Afraid.
    • 1886, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet:
      I ain't afeared of anything on this side o' the grave; but I thought that maybe it was him that died o' the typhoid inspecting the drains what killed him.

Derived terms

Scots

Adjective

afeared (comparative mair afeared, superlative maist afeared)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of afeard

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