hen-hearted

See also: henhearted and hen hearted

English

Alternative forms

• henhearted, hen hearted

Adjective

hen-hearted (comparative more hen-hearted, superlative most hen-hearted)

1. (archaic) Cowardly; timid.

   Synonym: chicken-hearted

   • 1522, John Skelton, Why Not to Court:

     They kepe them in theyr holdes, Lyke henherted cokoldes.

Derived terms

• hen-heartedness

Translations

cowardly; timid

• Bulgarian: страхлив (bg) (strahliv), малодушен (bg) (malodušen)

Further reading

• “hen-hearted”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.