frightment en · NOUN
Etymology
From fright + -ment.
Meanings
- (obsolete) fear, the feeling of being afraid
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terror, something frightening
All these frightments are but idle dreames.
1604 (first performance), Tho[mas] Dekker; Iohn Webster [i.e., John Webster], West-ward Hoe. […], London: […] [William Jaggard], and to be sold by Iohn Hodgets […], published 1607, →OCLC, (please specify the page):