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pigeon-hearted

pigeon-hearted adjective: timid, or easily frightened.

Adjective

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

  1. (archaic) timid, or easily frightened
    • I never saw such pigeon-hearted people: What drum? what danger?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
    Synonyms:
    chicken-hearted

pigeon-hearted meaning in Tamil

pigeon-hearted in Tamil

அஞ்சிச் சாகிற

Synonyms of pigeon-hearted

Forms of pigeon-hearted

comparativemore pigeon-hearted
superlativemost pigeon-hearted

Questions about pigeon-hearted

What does pigeon-hearted mean?
Pigeon-hearted means timid, or easily frightened.
What is pigeon-hearted in Tamil?
Pigeon-hearted in Tamil is அஞ்சிச் சாகிற. See Pigeon-hearted meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pigeon-hearted?
Pigeon-hearted is an adjective.

Words near pigeon-hearted in the dictionary

  1. pigeon's blood
  2. pigeon's milk
  3. pigeon-blood
  4. pigeon-breasted
  5. pigeon-chested
  6. pigeon-hearted
  7. pigeon-hole
  8. pigeon-holed
  9. pigeon-holes
  10. pigeon-holing
  11. pigeon-livered

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