scaredy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English

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adj

Informal

noun

Informal

"Prescott's sister calls him a scaredy kitten because he's afraid of the dark."
""Wait, Rufus!" cried the child. "Are you afraid of a bunny rabbit? You are such a scaredy dog!"
"“Yeah! They're scaredy chickens!” Rocko said. “It's scaredy cats, you lunkhead!” Pinball said."

Back-formation from scaredy-cat, equivalent to scared + -y.

more scaredy (comparative) most scaredy (superlative) scaredies (plural)

scaredy pants

scaredy pants

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