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fainthearted

adj

Etymology

From faint + hearted.

  1. inherited from herted
  2. compounded as fainthearted — “faint + hearted”

Definitions

  1. Faint of heart

    Faint of heart; irresolute; fearful.

    • Upon this, our guide, who, by the way, was but a fainthearted fellow, bid us keep in a ready posture, for he believed there were more wolves a-coming. We kept our arms ready, and our eyes about us...
    • "Fainthearted knight! You should have stayed and covered my retreat. Hark! they are coming! Hide! Hide!" she panted, half in fear, half in merriment, as the gay pursuers rapidly drew nearer.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for fainthearted. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA