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English

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle English aferd.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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afeared

  1. simple past and past participle of afear

Adjective

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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

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Scots

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Adjective

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afeared (comparative mair afeared, superlative maist afeared)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of afeard

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