hen-hearted
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See also: henhearted and hen hearted
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hen-hearted (comparative more hen-hearted, superlative most hen-hearted)
- (archaic) cowardly; timid
- 1522, John Skelton, Why Not to Court:
- They kepe them in theyr holdes, Lyke henherted cokoldes.
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- “hen-hearted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.