chicken heartn.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪk(ᵻ)n hɑːt/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪkən ˌhɑrt/

Forms: see chicken n. and heart n., int., and adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chicken n., heart n.

Etymology: < chicken n. + heart n. Compare earlier hen-heart n.

1. A person lacking in courage or spirit; a coward.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s)

coward?a1289

hen-hearta1450

staniel?a1500

pigeon?1571

cow1581

quake-breech1584

cow-baby1594

custard1598

chicken heart1602

nidget1605

hen?1613

faintling1614

white-liver1614

chickena1616

quake-buttocka1627

skitterbrooka1652

dunghill1761

cow-heart1768

shy-cock1768

fugie1777

slag1788

man of chaff1799

fainter1826

possum1833

cowardy, cowardy, custard1836

sheep1840

white feather1857

funk1859

funkstick1860

lily-liver1860

faint-heart1870

willy boy1895

blert1905

squib1908

fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23

manso1912

feartie1923

yellowbelly1927

chicken liver1930

boneless wonder1931

scaredy-cat1933

sook1933

pantywaist1935

punk1939

ringtail1941

chickenshit1945

candy-ass1953

pansy-ass1963

unbrave1981

bottler1994

1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. C4 Such Chicken-heartes (and yet great quarrellers).

?1749 E. Lewis Case of Conscience 21 There are Chicken Hearts in more Families than one.

1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. i. 23 Why, you chicken-heart.

1955 Daily Mail 9 Dec. 6/7 First to die is ‘The Major’, a bland, insincere chicken-heart played by Cecil Parker.

2018 @pattyoprince 8 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) [Cave diving] looks so cool..I miss out on so much beauty in the world because I'm such a chicken heart.

2. A cowardly or faint-hearted disposition or character.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > courage as faint as a chicken's

chicken heart1790

1790 G. Colman Battle of Hexham (new ed.) i. 6 A bluff and blustering outside often conceals a chicken heart.

1836 F. Marryat Three Cutters iii, in Pirate & Three Cutters 262 You must have a chicken-heart to be frightened at a blue pigeon.

2018 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 25 June 8 The jaundiced politician with a chicken heart and colossal ego wouldn't be missed if he never returned.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	chicken heart
释义	chicken heartn. Brit. /ˈtʃɪk(ᵻ)n hɑːt/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪkən ˌhɑrt/ Forms: see chicken n. and heart n., int., and adv. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chicken n., heart n. Etymology: < chicken n. + heart n. Compare earlier hen-heart n. 1. A person lacking in courage or spirit; a coward. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s) coward?a1289 hen-hearta1450 staniel?a1500 pigeon?1571 cow1581 quake-breech1584 cow-baby1594 custard1598 chicken heart1602 nidget1605 hen?1613 faintling1614 white-liver1614 chickena1616 quake-buttocka1627 skitterbrooka1652 dunghill1761 cow-heart1768 shy-cock1768 fugie1777 slag1788 man of chaff1799 fainter1826 possum1833 cowardy, cowardy, custard1836 sheep1840 white feather1857 funk1859 funkstick1860 lily-liver1860 faint-heart1870 willy boy1895 blert1905 squib1908 fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23 manso1912 feartie1923 yellowbelly1927 chicken liver1930 boneless wonder1931 scaredy-cat1933 sook1933 pantywaist1935 punk1939 ringtail1941 chickenshit1945 candy-ass1953 pansy-ass1963 unbrave1981 bottler1994 1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. C4 Such Chicken-heartes (and yet great quarrellers). ?1749 E. Lewis Case of Conscience 21 There are Chicken Hearts in more Families than one. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. i. 23 Why, you chicken-heart. 1955 Daily Mail 9 Dec. 6/7 First to die is ‘The Major’, a bland, insincere chicken-heart played by Cecil Parker. 2018 @pattyoprince 8 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) [Cave diving] looks so cool..I miss out on so much beauty in the world because I'm such a chicken heart. 2. A cowardly or faint-hearted disposition or character. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > courage as faint as a chicken's chicken heart1790 1790 G. Colman Battle of Hexham (new ed.) i. 6 A bluff and blustering outside often conceals a chicken heart. 1836 F. Marryat Three Cutters iii, in Pirate & Three Cutters 262 You must have a chicken-heart to be frightened at a blue pigeon. 2018 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 25 June 8 The jaundiced politician with a chicken heart and colossal ego wouldn't be missed if he never returned. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602
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