单词 | faint-heartedness |
释义 | > as lemmasˌfaint-ˈheartedness ˌfaint-ˈheartedness n. the quality or state of being fainthearted; timidity, cowardice. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > half-heartedness faintness1398 faint-heart1580 faint-heartedness1580 halving1613 zeallessness1667 half-heartedness1670 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Couardise..fainthartednesse. 1605 Bp. J. Hall Medit. & Vowes II. §76 To finde such faint-hartednes in my selfe at the first conceit of death. 1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel Hist. Diss. Gangrenous Sore Throat 60 A Faint-heartedness..always accompanies Putrefaction and Insensibility. 1874 J. L. Motley John of Barneveld (1879) II. xi. 26 Baffled..by the faintheartedness of his nominal friends. < as lemmas |
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