affrightment
English
Etymology
affright + -ment
Noun
affrightment (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
- (obsolete) A cause of fear.
- (archaic) fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
- 1690, John Locke, Some Thoughts concerning Education:
- Passionate words or blows from the tutor, fill the child's mind with terrour and affrightment; which immediately takes it wholly up, and leaves no room for other impressions.
- 1690, John Locke, Some Thoughts concerning Education:
References
- “affrightment” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.