cowheartedとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

cow +‎ hearted

形容詞

cowhearted (comparative more cowhearted, superlative most cowhearted)

1. cowardly
   • a. 1734, Roger North, Examen

     The Lady Powis […] patted him with her fan, and called him a cowhearted fellow.

   • 1718, Laurence Echard (translator), Terence (original), Eunuch:

     Pfhaw, I Cow-hearted! I'm as bold as a Lyon!

   • 2017, Donald Barr Chidsey, Captain Crossbones:

     “You're a cowhearted rascal, that's sure, but you didn't try to use anything that belonged to me. So you can go. That's what I wouldn't ever want to happen,” he continued, speaking very slowly

参照

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