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faint-heart, n. and a.|ˈfeɪnthɑːt|
[f. faint a. + heart.]
A. n.
†1. The fact or condition of having a faint heart; want of spirit. Obs.
1580North Plutarch (1676) 760 They [men]..through faint-heart, and lack of courage, do change their first mind.
2. One who has a faint heart; a coward.
1870Daily News 16 Nov., ‘You are all fainthearts, not Frenchmen.’
B. adj. Faint-hearted, timid, spiritless, cowardly.
1590Marlowe 2nd Pt. Tamburl. iii. ii, That coward faint-heart runaway. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. x. 17 Cowards..And faint-heart fooles. 1870Morris Earthly Par. II. iii. 501 O faint-heart thief of love. |