cow-heartedadj.

Etymology: compare cow-heart n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: cow-ˈhearted.

Faint-hearted, timorous, cowardly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective]

arghc885

heartlessOE

bloodlessc1225

coward1297

faintc1300

nesha1382

comfortless1387

pusillanimousa1425

faint-heartedc1440

unheartyc1440

cowardous1480

hen-hearteda1529

cowardish1530

feigningc1540

white-livered1546

cowardly1551

faceless1567

pusillanime1570

liver-hearted1571

cowish1579

cowardise1582

coward-like1587

faint-heart1590

courageless1593

sheep-like1596

white-hearted1598

milky1602

milk-livered1608

undaring1611

lily-livereda1616

yarrow1616

flightful1626

chicken-hearted1629

poltroon1649

cow-hearted1660

whey-blooded1675

unbravea1681

nimble-heeled1719

dunghill1775

shrimp-hearted1796

chicken-livered1804

white-feathered1816

pluckless1821

chicken-spirited1822

milk-blooded1822

cowardy1836

yellow1856

yellow-livered1857

putty-hearted1872

uncourageous1878

chicken1883

piker1901

yellow-bellied1907

manso1932

scaredy-cat1933

chickenshit1940

cold-footed1944

1660 H. Adis Fannaticks Mite sig. *iv It will corroborate the Cow-hearted.

1680 R. Mansell Exact & True Narr. Late Popish Intrigue 16 She [Lady Powis] struck him gently with her Fan on the hand, calling him Cow-hearted Fellow.

1791 T. Beddoes tr. J. K. A. Musäus Pop. Tales of Germans II. 147 ‘Messmate, dost thou see any thing?’ cried the cow-hearted pilot from the coach-box.

1881 Cheq. Career 250 ‘You cow-hearted..cow-built wretch [a horse]!’

Derivatives

cow-ˈheartedness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun]

arghtha1250

arghshipc1275

faintise1297

cowardicec1300

cowardshipc1330

arghness1340

arghhoodc1350

sheepnessc1380

pusillanimitya1393

cowardnessa1400

neshnessa1400

cowardyc1405

lithernessc1425

lashness1477

cowardrya1547

meagreness?1553

cowardliness1556

micropsychy1651

buzzardism1659

stanielry1659

manlessness1667

cow-heartedness1718

pusillanimousness1727

chicken-heartedness1808

infortitude1813

plucklessness1824

white-featherism1843

cold feet1893

yellow1893

liver-heartedness1897

yellowness1909

1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) III. 46 Valour lies just half way between Rashness and Cow-heartedness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	cow-hearted
释义	cow-heartedadj. Etymology: compare cow-heart n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: cow-ˈhearted. Faint-hearted, timorous, cowardly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] arghc885 heartlessOE bloodlessc1225 coward1297 faintc1300 nesha1382 comfortless1387 pusillanimousa1425 faint-heartedc1440 unheartyc1440 cowardous1480 hen-hearteda1529 cowardish1530 feigningc1540 white-livered1546 cowardly1551 faceless1567 pusillanime1570 liver-hearted1571 cowish1579 cowardise1582 coward-like1587 faint-heart1590 courageless1593 sheep-like1596 white-hearted1598 milky1602 milk-livered1608 undaring1611 lily-livereda1616 yarrow1616 flightful1626 chicken-hearted1629 poltroon1649 cow-hearted1660 whey-blooded1675 unbravea1681 nimble-heeled1719 dunghill1775 shrimp-hearted1796 chicken-livered1804 white-feathered1816 pluckless1821 chicken-spirited1822 milk-blooded1822 cowardy1836 yellow1856 yellow-livered1857 putty-hearted1872 uncourageous1878 chicken1883 piker1901 yellow-bellied1907 manso1932 scaredy-cat1933 chickenshit1940 cold-footed1944 1660 H. Adis Fannaticks Mite sig. iv It will corroborate the Cow-hearted. 1680 R. Mansell Exact & True Narr. Late Popish Intrigue* 16 She [Lady Powis] struck him gently with her Fan on the hand, calling him Cow-hearted Fellow. 1791 T. Beddoes tr. J. K. A. Musäus Pop. Tales of Germans II. 147 ‘Messmate, dost thou see any thing?’ cried the cow-hearted pilot from the coach-box. 1881 Cheq. Career 250 ‘You cow-hearted..cow-built wretch [a horse]!’ Derivatives cow-ˈheartedness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] arghtha1250 arghshipc1275 faintise1297 cowardicec1300 cowardshipc1330 arghness1340 arghhoodc1350 sheepnessc1380 pusillanimitya1393 cowardnessa1400 neshnessa1400 cowardyc1405 lithernessc1425 lashness1477 cowardrya1547 meagreness?1553 cowardliness1556 micropsychy1651 buzzardism1659 stanielry1659 manlessness1667 cow-heartedness1718 pusillanimousness1727 chicken-heartedness1808 infortitude1813 plucklessness1824 white-featherism1843 cold feet1893 yellow1893 liver-heartedness1897 yellowness1909 1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) III. 46 Valour lies just half way between Rashness and Cow-heartedness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1660
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