white-featheredadj.

Brit.

/ˌwʌɪtˈfɛðəd/, U.S.

/ˌ(h)waɪtˈfɛðərd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., feathered adj.

Etymology: < white adj. + feathered adj. In sense 2 after white feather n.

1. Esp. of domestic poultry: having white feathers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > having particular or same colour feathers

white-feathered1583

whole-feathered1683

sultry1783

1583 L. Mascall tr. Profitable Bk. Spottes & Staines xxxvi. f. fi^v Yee must prouide to haue of the greatest Ganders & Geese that ye can get, and those which are white feathered.

1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids viii. 250 The white-feathered goose [L. argenteus anser] In the guilt gallery, cackling, fluttering loose, Frighted the French.

1775 tr. Valuable Secrets Arts & Trades 186 All the birds which shall come from those eggs will be white feathered.

1854 Poultry Chron. 1 49 All white-feathered poultry are tender, save Aylesbury ducks.

1963 M. Laurence in D. Bennett & R. Brown Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. (1983) 154 Her hair was bound grotesquely like white-feathered wings.

2006 Guardian 3 Feb. ii. 20 The Goosnargh duck is a white-feathered, yellow-beaked cross between an Aylesbury and a Peking.

2. Designating a coward; cowardly. See white feather n. 1.

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

1816 Sporting Mag. Apr. 4/2 He was one of the white-feathered sort.

1900 J. A. Hamilton Siege of Mafeking v. 47 From sheer force of numbers the white-feathered brigade merits solicitous contempt.

2005 L. Shawler Dangerous to Know ix. 123 That insolent pup having already publicly called me a white-feathered coward.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white-feathered
释义	white-featheredadj. Brit. /ˌwʌɪtˈfɛðəd/, U.S. /ˌ(h)waɪtˈfɛðərd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., feathered adj. Etymology: < white adj. + feathered adj. In sense 2 after white feather n. 1. Esp. of domestic poultry: having white feathers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > having particular or same colour feathers white-feathered1583 whole-feathered1683 sultry1783 1583 L. Mascall tr. Profitable Bk. Spottes & Staines xxxvi. f. fi^v Yee must prouide to haue of the greatest Ganders & Geese that ye can get, and those which are white feathered. 1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids viii. 250 The white-feathered goose [L. argenteus anser] In the guilt gallery, cackling, fluttering loose, Frighted the French. 1775 tr. Valuable Secrets Arts & Trades 186 All the birds which shall come from those eggs will be white feathered. 1854 Poultry Chron. 1 49 All white-feathered poultry are tender, save Aylesbury ducks. 1963 M. Laurence in D. Bennett & R. Brown Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. (1983) 154 Her hair was bound grotesquely like white-feathered wings. 2006 Guardian 3 Feb. ii. 20 The Goosnargh duck is a white-feathered, yellow-beaked cross between an Aylesbury and a Peking. 2. Designating a coward; cowardly. See white feather n. 1. 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 1816 Sporting Mag. Apr. 4/2 He was one of the white-feathered sort. 1900 J. A. Hamilton Siege of Mafeking v. 47 From sheer force of numbers the white-feathered brigade merits solicitous contempt. 2005 L. Shawler Dangerous to Know ix. 123 That insolent pup having already publicly called me a white-feathered coward. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1583
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