驚きょう懼く

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

being startled; being frightened

Archaic literary term for sudden fear or alarm. In modern Japanese, 驚き (おどろき) or 恐怖 (きょうふ) are used instead. The する form 驚懼する is also archaic.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「敵てきの襲しゅう来らいに驚きょう懼くす」と記しるされている。

  In the old document it is written, 'They were startled by the enemy's attack.'