chicken-hearted

[chik-uhn-hahr-tid]

chick·en-heart·ed

[chik-uhn-hahr-tid]
adjective Informal.
timid; fearful; cowardly.

Origin:
1675–85, Americanism

chick·en-heart·ed·ly, adverb
chick·en-heart·ed·ness, noun
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chicken-hearted or chicken-livered
 
adj
easily frightened; cowardly
 
chicken-livered or chicken-livered
 
adj
 
chicken-'heartedly or chicken-livered
 
adv
 
chicken-'heartedness or chicken-livered
 
n

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chicken-hearted definition


  1. mod.
    cowardly. : He's chicken-hearted, but I still love him.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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