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单词 undaring
释义

undaringadj.

Forms: see un- prefix1 and daring adj.1
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, daring adj.1
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + daring adj.1Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdaring.
(un- prefix1 4)
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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
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Inaudace, vndaring, cowardly.
1650 M. Llewellyn in J. Gregory Posthuma Pref. Verses sig. A3v Graie Customs, which our dead dismettled Sloth Gave up, to surfet the undaring Moth.
1815 J. Cormack Abol. Fem. Infanticide Guzerat xii. 219 We might be excused..for cherishing hopes of a very un~daring nature.
1877 S. Lanier Florida Sunday in Poems 57 Mine thy dole Of shut undaring wings.

Derivatives

undaringness n.
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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Inaudacia, cowardise, vndaringnesse.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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