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affray

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/əˈfɹeɪ/

Definition of affray

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To startle from quiet; to alarm.
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verb

  1. (archaic, transitive)To startle from quiet; to alarm.
  2. (archaic, transitive)To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
    “That voice doth us affray.”

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
    “A 22-year-old man was also arrested in connection with the incident for affray towards attending paramedics.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
    “The patient, who had a full view of the skirmish, was so tickled at the affray, that he burst into a laughter, which broke the quinsey, and cured him.”
  3. (countable, uncountable)The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
    “The affray in the busy marketplace caused great terror and disorder.”
  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Terror.
    “full of ghastly fright and cold affray”

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Etymology

From Middle English affraien (“to terrify, frighten”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman afrayer (“to terrify, disquiet, disturb”) and Old French effreer, esfreer (“to disturb, remove the peace from”) (compare modern French effrayer),…

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From Middle English affraien (“to terrify, frighten”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman afrayer (“to terrify, disquiet, disturb”) and Old French effreer, esfreer (“to disturb, remove the peace from”) (compare modern French effrayer), from Vulgar Latin *exfridāre. The second part of this is in turn from Frankish *friþu (“security, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace”), from *frijōną (“to free; to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *prāy-, *prēy- (“to like, love”). Cognate with Old High German fridu (“peace”), Old English friþ (“peace, frith”), Old English frēod (“peace, friendship”), German Friede (“peace”). More at free, friend.

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