cowhearted
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Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cowhearted (comparative more cowhearted, superlative most cowhearted)
- cowardly
- a. 1734, Roger North, Examen:
- The Lady Powis […] patted him with her fan, and called him a cowhearted fellow.
- 1718, Laurence Echard (translator), Terence (original), Eunuch:
- Pfhaw, I Cow-hearted! I'm as bold as a Lyon!
- 2017, Donald Barr Chidsey, Captain Crossbones:
- “You're a cowhearted rascal, that's sure, but you didn't try to use anything that belonged to me. So you can go. That's what I wouldn't ever want to happen,” he continued, speaking very slowly
References[edit]
- “cowhearted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.