pigeon-hearted

English

Adjective

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

1. (archaic) timid, or easily frightened

   Synonym: chicken-hearted

   • c. 1621, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The Pilgrim”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act III, scene iv:

     I never saw such pigeon-hearted people: What drum? what danger?

References

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