faint-heart

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faint-heart

noun faint-hearts · faintheart

A cowardly, faint-hearted person; one who is irresolute or fearful. Beowulf had scarcely died before the faint-hearts came crawling out of their burrows.

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@misc{faint_heart_2026,
  title = {faint-heart},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/faint-heart},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}