jessie
n. countablen. a person who is weak or easily scared. It is a casual way to tease someone for not being brave.
n. a weak, cowardly, or overly sensitive person. Primarily used in British and Australian English; informal and mildly derogatory in register.
Don't be such a jessie, just jump in the water.
His friends called him a jessie because he refused to go on the fastest roller coaster at the park.
From Jess + -ie.
A hypochoristic form of Jane, Jean, etc., possibly under the influence of lassie or -ess and -ie. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
From Jess or Jesse + -ie, from Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί (Iessaí), from Hebrew יִשַׁי (Yishai).
Commonly used in the phrase 'be a jessie' or 'such a jessie'.