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unaffrighted

unaffrighted adjective: not afraid.

Adjective

unaffrighted (comparative more unaffrighted, superlative most unaffrighted)

  1. (archaic) Not afraid.
    • While you faint-hearted baſe Egyptians, / Lie ſlumbering on the flowrie bankes of Nile, / As Crocodiles that vnaffrighted reſt, / While thundering Cannons rattle on their ſkins.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
    • Some fevv of the horſes kept their ſtanding ſtill unaffrighted, and even thoſe they had much ado to ſaddle, to bridle, and to mount upon; […]1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book XXXVII]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC, page 766

Forms of unaffrighted

comparativemore unaffrighted
superlativemost unaffrighted

Origin of unaffrighted

From un- + affrighted.

Words formed from unaffrighted

Questions about unaffrighted

What does unaffrighted mean?
Unaffrighted means not afraid.
What part of speech is unaffrighted?
Unaffrighted is an adjective.

Words near unaffrighted in the dictionary

  1. unaffordable
  2. unaffordably
  3. unafforded
  4. unafforested
  5. unaffricated
  6. unaffrighted
  7. unaffrightedly
  8. unaffrontable
  9. unaffronted
  10. unaflow
  11. unafordable

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