faint-heartedadj.

Brit.

/ˌfeɪntˈhɑːtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌfeɪntˈhɑrdəd/

Etymology: formed as faint-heart n. + -ed suffix².

Having a faint heart; wanting energy, courage, or will to carry a thing through; timid, cowardly. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

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

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective] > half-hearted

faint-heartedc1440

faint1596

half-hearted1611

faintling1712

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 153 Feynt hertyd, vecors.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xiii. 7 All the people were fayntharted after him.

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes v. xi. 421 A few white~liverd, faint-hearted souldiers.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 21 I find you are faint Hearted, and..unfit for our Trade.

1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 54 Young fellows like you, are sometimes faint-hearted.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 145 A fainthearted..faction soon began to show itself among those of higher degree.

absolute.a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1617) 746 The punishment threatened..to the fearful and faint-hearted.1847 R. W. Emerson Goethe in Wks. (1906) I. 395 The disadvantages of any epoch exist only to the faint-hearted.

Derivatives

ˌfaint-ˈheartedly adv. in a fainthearted manner.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adverb] > half-heartedly

faintingly1576

faint-heartedly1580

with half a heart1600

half-heartedly1870

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Laschement..faint hartedly.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xix. 23 So fainte heartedlie to surrender themselves.

1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 110 But how many Christians dye very faint~heartedly?

1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights xi. 120 ‘It is such a responsibility to take’..I said, faint-heartedly.

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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	faint-hearted
释义	faint-heartedadj. Brit. /ˌfeɪntˈhɑːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌfeɪntˈhɑrdəd/ Etymology: formed as faint-heart n. + -ed suffix². Having a faint heart; wanting energy, courage, or will to carry a thing through; timid, cowardly. Also absol. ΘΚΠ 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 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective] > half-hearted faint-heartedc1440 faint1596 half-hearted1611 faintling1712 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 153 Feynt hertyd, vecors. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Sam. xiii. 7 All the people were fayntharted after him. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes v. xi. 421 A few white~liverd, faint-hearted souldiers. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 21 I find you are faint Hearted, and..unfit for our Trade. 1843 A. Bethune Sc. Peasant's Fire-side 54 Young fellows like you, are sometimes faint-hearted. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 145 A fainthearted..faction soon began to show itself among those of higher degree. absolute.a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie (1617) 746 The punishment threatened..to the fearful and faint-hearted.1847 R. W. Emerson Goethe in Wks. (1906) I. 395 The disadvantages of any epoch exist only to the faint-hearted. Derivatives ˌfaint-ˈheartedly adv. in a fainthearted manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adverb] > half-heartedly faintingly1576 faint-heartedly1580 with half a heart1600 half-heartedly1870 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Laschement..faint hartedly. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. xix. 23 So fainte heartedlie to surrender themselves. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 110 But how many Christians dye very faint~heartedly? 1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights xi. 120 ‘It is such a responsibility to take’..I said, faint-heartedly. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1440
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