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scare

/sˈkeə/SKUH
/sˈkɛɹ/SKER

Meaningshy, timid

Common meaning: to frighten

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√SKAR or SKAL‘shear, cut, cleave, scratch, dig’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 406, p. 744 · scan
  2. Old Norse (Icelandic)skjarr‘shy, timid’source
  3. Middle Englishskerrensource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsshy, timid → to frightenscare‘to frighten’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) skjarr ‘shy, timid’.

Roots

  • skjarr Old Norse (Icelandic) “shy, timid”

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