scaredy-cat

[ skair-dee-kat ]

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nounInformal.

fraidy-cat.

Origin of scaredy-cat

First recorded in 1930–35; scared + -y² + cat (in the slang sense “person, man”)

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British Dictionary definitions for scaredy-cat

scaredy-cat

/ (ˈskɛədɪˌkæt) /

noun

informal someone who is easily frightened

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