Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AF-FRONT'
AF-FRONT', n.
- Opposition to the face; open defiance; encounter. [Obs.]
- Ill treatment; abuse; any thing reproachful or contemptuous, that excites or justifies resentment, as foul language, or personal abuse. It usually expresses a less degree off abuse than insult.
- Shame; disgrace. [Not usual.] – Arbuthnot.
- In popular language, slight resentment; displeasure.
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