† fraidadj.¹

Etymology: apparently the past participle of *fraid verb, < Old French freidir : see fretish v.¹

Obsolete.

(See quot. 1577.)

ΚΠ

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 123^v If a Horse haue..taken colde, whiche the Germanes call Verfaugen, in Englishe foundred, or in some places fraide.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

'fraidadj.²

/freɪd/

Etymology: aphetic < afraid adj. and n.

colloquial.

(I'm) afraid. So (chiefly Children's) phr. fraid cat (also fraidy cat), a coward. Cf. frayed adj.¹

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s)

coward?a1289

hen-hearta1450

staniel?a1500

pigeon?1571

cow1581

quake-breech1584

cow-baby1594

custard1598

chicken heart1602

nidget1605

hen?1613

faintling1614

white-liver1614

chickena1616

quake-buttocka1627

skitterbrooka1652

dunghill1761

cow-heart1768

shy-cock1768

fugie1777

slag1788

man of chaff1799

fainter1826

possum1833

cowardy, cowardy, custard1836

sheep1840

white feather1857

funk1859

funkstick1860

lily-liver1860

faint-heart1870

willy boy1895

blert1905

squib1908

fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23

manso1912

feartie1923

yellowbelly1927

chicken liver1930

boneless wonder1931

scaredy-cat1933

sook1933

pantywaist1935

punk1939

ringtail1941

chickenshit1945

candy-ass1953

pansy-ass1963

unbrave1981

bottler1994

1888 R. Kipling Story of Gadsbys (1889) 85 'Fraid you won't be entered in the Stud Book correctly unless you go Home?

1898 R. Kipling Day's Work (U.K. ed.) 195 Wish I could, Lizzie. 'Fraid [U.S. ed. Lizzie, but I'm afraid] I can't.

1908 G. Jekyll Children & Gardens facing p. 64 (caption) 'Fraid I've dropped a stitch!

c1910–23 in H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 'Fraidy cat.

1912 Dial. Notes 3 576 Fraid-cat, a coward.

1942 C. Morley Thorofare xlix. 286 You're an old fraid-cat.

1945 N. L. McClung Stream runs Fast iv. 26 He might not have been so composed, if he had known he had two fraidy-cats to take care of him.

1968 ‘C. Aird’ Henrietta Who? i. 4 ‘Accident?’ shouted the man at the wheel... ‘'Fraid so,’ shouted back Ford.

1968 D. Gray Died in Red xiii. 65 ‘So you won't go on working here?’ ‘No. 'Fraid not.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	fraid
释义	† fraidadj.¹ Etymology: apparently the past participle of fraid verb, < Old French freidir* : see fretish v.¹ Obsolete. (See quot. 1577.) ΚΠ 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 123^v If a Horse haue..taken colde, whiche the Germanes call Verfaugen, in Englishe foundred, or in some places fraide. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018). 'fraidadj.² /freɪd/ Etymology: aphetic < afraid adj. and n. colloquial. (I'm) afraid. So (chiefly Children's) phr. fraid cat (also fraidy cat), a coward. Cf. frayed adj.¹ ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s) coward?a1289 hen-hearta1450 staniel?a1500 pigeon?1571 cow1581 quake-breech1584 cow-baby1594 custard1598 chicken heart1602 nidget1605 hen?1613 faintling1614 white-liver1614 chickena1616 quake-buttocka1627 skitterbrooka1652 dunghill1761 cow-heart1768 shy-cock1768 fugie1777 slag1788 man of chaff1799 fainter1826 possum1833 cowardy, cowardy, custard1836 sheep1840 white feather1857 funk1859 funkstick1860 lily-liver1860 faint-heart1870 willy boy1895 blert1905 squib1908 fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23 manso1912 feartie1923 yellowbelly1927 chicken liver1930 boneless wonder1931 scaredy-cat1933 sook1933 pantywaist1935 punk1939 ringtail1941 chickenshit1945 candy-ass1953 pansy-ass1963 unbrave1981 bottler1994 1888 R. Kipling Story of Gadsbys (1889) 85 'Fraid you won't be entered in the Stud Book correctly unless you go Home? 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work (U.K. ed.) 195 Wish I could, Lizzie. 'Fraid [U.S. ed. Lizzie, but I'm afraid] I can't. 1908 G. Jekyll Children & Gardens facing p. 64 (caption) 'Fraid I've dropped a stitch! c1910–23 in H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 'Fraidy cat. 1912 Dial. Notes 3 576 Fraid-cat, a coward. 1942 C. Morley Thorofare xlix. 286 You're an old fraid-cat. 1945 N. L. McClung Stream runs Fast iv. 26 He might not have been so composed, if he had known he had two fraidy-cats to take care of him. 1968 ‘C. Aird’ Henrietta Who? i. 4 ‘Accident?’ shouted the man at the wheel... ‘'Fraid so,’ shouted back Ford. 1968 D. Gray Died in Red xiii. 65 ‘So you won't go on working here?’ ‘No. 'Fraid not.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.¹1577adj.²1888
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