feartie
/ˈfɪəti
/(also feardie /ˈfɪədi/)
noun Scottish informal
A coward or timid person: she is not such a feartie as she makes out...
- I've never been for a reading with him because I'm a total feartie.
- The perils of a barren upbringing have made me a right wee feartie.
- He was invited to "stop being a pathetic big feartie and get out and debate the issues".
Origin
1920s: from feart + -ie.
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