frightment

noun — 2 senses

frightment

noun

Etymology From fright + -ment.

1

Obsolete fear, the feeling of being afraid

2

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):

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