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afraidness

noun

Etymology

From afraid + -ness.

  1. derived from *prāy-✻
  2. derived from *frijōną✻ — “to free; to love”
  3. derived from *friþuz✻ — “peace”
  4. derived from *friþu✻ — “security, peace”
  5. derived from effreer
  6. derived from afrayer — “to terrify, disquiet, disturb”
  7. inherited from affrayed
  8. suffixed as afraidness — “afraid + ness”

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being afraid.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA