pigeon-hearted
English
Adjective
pigeon-hearted (comparative more pigeon-hearted, superlative most pigeon-hearted)
- timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pigeon-hearted in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)