chicken-heartedness

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chicken-heartedness

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From chicken-hearted + -ness.

noun chickenheartedness

  1. uncountable The quality of being chicken-hearted; cowardice.

    Similar: hen-heartedness, cowardice, fearfulness, pusillanimity, cowardliness, poltroonery, chicken-heartedness

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@misc{chicken_heartedness_2026,
  title = {chicken-heartedness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chicken-heartedness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}