frightment

English

Etymology

From fright +‎ -ment.

Noun

frightment

1. (obsolete) fear, the feeling of being afraid
2. terror, something frightening
   • 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):

     All these frightments are but idle dreames.

References

• “frightment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.