Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Afraid.

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  • adjective obsolete Afraid.

Etymologies

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from Middle English frighty, friȝti, equivalent to fright +‎ -y.

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Examples

  • It was proven in the middle ages and again last night on countdown with keith olbermann … all that “inhanced interrogation” on the yemenis in guantanamo did not offer any intelligence about the crotch bomber … and it should have, according to the frighty apologists …

    Think Progress » ThinkFast: January 8, 2010 2010

  • Sarah Palin Presents: Saturday Night Live to make me truly appreciate this cheeky (yet quite stage-frighty) pile of cuteness.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Sarah Palin Presents: Saturday Night Live to make me truly appreciate this cheeky (yet quite stage-frighty) pile of cuteness.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Sarah Palin Presents: Saturday Night Live to make me truly appreciate this cheeky (yet quite stage-frighty) pile of cuteness.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Sarah Palin Presents: Saturday Night Live to make me truly appreciate this cheeky (yet quite stage-frighty) pile of cuteness.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Sarah Palin Presents: Saturday Night Live to make me truly appreciate this cheeky (yet quite stage-frighty) pile of cuteness.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Sarah Palin Presents: Saturday Night Live to make me truly appreciate this cheeky (yet quite stage-frighty) pile of cuteness.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Sarah Palin Presents: Saturday Night Live to make me truly appreciate this cheeky (yet quite stage-frighty) pile of cuteness.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Sarah Palin Presents: Saturday Night Live to make me truly appreciate this cheeky (yet quite stage-frighty) pile of cuteness.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Sarah Palin Presents: Saturday Night Live to make me truly appreciate this cheeky (yet quite stage-frighty) pile of cuteness.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

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