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单词 unhardy
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unhardyadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈhardy.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > not warlike
recreantc1330
unhardy1377
fightless1595
imbellious1602
unfighting1678
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. Prol. 180 [They] helden hem vn~hardy and here conseille feble.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 290 I wil arise and auntre it by my fayth Vnhardy is vnsely, thus men sayth.
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) iv. viii. 105 Nother heauenly gods nor fortune blind of syght Wer both vnhardy tattempt agein his might.
1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. E.viii Wyth sluggers or vnhardy persons, it is alwayes holydaye.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xi. 555/1 Neither yet was he vnhardie in Arms.
1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 243 The wisest, unexperienc't, will be ever..Irresolute, unhardy, unadventrous. View more context for this quotation
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