faintern.
/ˈfeɪntə/ One who faints or gives way.
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the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s)
coward?a1289
hen-hearta1450
staniel?a1500
pigeon?1571
cow1581
quake-breech1584
cow-baby1594
custard1598
chicken heart1602
nidget1605
hen?1613
faintling1614
white-liver1614
chickena1616
quake-buttocka1627
skitterbrooka1652
dunghill1761
cow-heart1768
shy-cock1768
fugie1777
slag1788
man of chaff1799
fainter1826
possum1833
cowardy, cowardy, custard1836
sheep1840
white feather1857
funk1859
funkstick1860
lily-liver1860
faint-heart1870
willy boy1895
blert1905
squib1908
fraid cat (also fraidy cat)c1910–23
manso1912
feartie1923
yellowbelly1927
chicken liver1930
boneless wonder1931
scaredy-cat1933
sook1933
pantywaist1935
punk1939
ringtail1941
chickenshit1945
candy-ass1953
pansy-ass1963
unbrave1981
bottler1994
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > giving way or giving in > one who
flincher1598
yielder1598
fainter1826
succumber1844
1826 W. Scott Woodstock III. ix. 238 The soldiers chosen for this service should be..no fainters in spirit.
1935 W. de la Mare Early One Morning 268 If he is not by nature a fainter he may pore over the blood.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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