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afeared en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˈfɪə(ɹ)d/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English aferd.

Meanings

1. (dialectal) Afraid.
   • 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. 1886, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet:

Deriveds

unafeared

afeared en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /əˈfɪə(ɹ)d/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English aferd.

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of afear
   form of afear