hen-hearted

See also: henhearted and hen hearted

English

Alternative forms

henhearted

Adjective

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.

Related terms

hen-heartedness

Translations

cowardly; timid

Bulgarian: страхлив (bg) (strahliv), малодушен (bg) (malodušen)

See also

chicken, chicken-hearted

References

“hen-hearted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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