afeared

afeared

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Middle English aferd
English afeared

    Inherited from Middle English aferd.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /əˈfɪə(ɹ)d/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)d

    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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