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fraidy

adj
/ˈfɹeɪdi/

Etymology

From afraid + -y.

  1. derived from *prāy-✻
  2. derived from *frijōną✻ — “to free; to love”
  3. derived from *friþuz✻ — “peace”
  4. derived from *friþu✻ — “security, peace”
  5. derived from effreer
  6. derived from afrayer — “to terrify, disquiet, disturb”
  7. inherited from affrayed
  8. suffixed as fraidy — “afraid + y”

Definitions

  1. Afraid.

  2. Cowardly.

The neighborhood

Derived

fraidy cat

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fraidy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA