单词 | effray |
释义 | † effrayv. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To frighten; to affect with fear; to alarm, startle. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > alarm [verb (transitive)] misforgivea1425 feezec1440 effray1480 amaze?1518 misgivea1535 deter1595 baze1603 alarm1620 larum1758 to put the wind up1916 spook1935 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxiv. 201 Moche other folke were sore effrayed. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vii. 610 Thai effrayit war suddanly. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 165 And that no schouris nor blastis cawld Effray suld flouris nor fowlis on the fold. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A5 Their dam vpstart, out of her den effraide. 2. To keep off by frightening; to scare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > frighten [verb (transitive)] gastOE eisieOE fearc1000 scarec1175 fray14.. doubtc1315 fright1423 flightc1571 to curdle the blood1579 effray1588 hare1656 pavefy1656 frighten1666 sob1671 haze1677 funk1789 gliff1823 frecken1847 to scare a person silly1942 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 58 Fra yis profane noueltie..effrayis vs ye Apostolique..doctrine. 3. To feel fear of; to fear. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > be afraid of [verb (transitive)] doubt?c1225 ydout1297 doubta1400 fearc1460 effray1485 to fear of (rarely at)1509 afear1554 funk1837 1485 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden (1527) iii. xxx. 122 I lyue in grete drede and effray myne owne wardyens. Derivatives effrayed adj. frightened, shaking with fear. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [adjective] affrightedOE ofdreadOE afearedOE offearedlOE radc1175 frightya1325 fearedc1330 fearfulc1374 afraidc1380 frayeda1400 wrotha1400 afearc1410 ghastful1422 fleyedc1425 afleyeda1500 a flighta1535 effrayed1553 flight-given?1611 hareda1618 frighted1647 affrightened1649 frighteneda1721 scared1725 intimidated1727 frightsome1827 scary1827 funked1831 fearing1837 funked out1859 fearsome1863 chickenshit1940 1553 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Eneados ix. iii. 170 Wyth pikkis brekand doun Zone fortres, and now..wyth me Assailzeant this effrayit, strenth. eˈffrayedly adv. in an alarmed manner, as men do who are alarmed. All Obsolete. ΚΠ 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 110 The men..full effraytly gat thair ger. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) ii. 150 The senate effrayetlie convenit to this counsell, and wes mair effrayetlie consultit. eˈffraying n. the state of being afraid; fright. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > [noun] > state of frightiheada1325 fearedness1340 effraying1489 fearfulnessa1513 frayedness1530 frightment1607 frightfulness1621 dauntedness1660 afraidness1669 funkiness1859 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ix. 604 The Inglis..war stonayit for effrayng [1487 St. John's Cambr. affraying]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < v.1480 |
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