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pigeonhearted

pigeonhearted is the alternative form of pigeon-hearted.

Meaning of pigeon-hearted

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

Forms of pigeonhearted

comparativemore pigeonhearted
superlativemost pigeonhearted

Questions about pigeonhearted

What is pigeonhearted the alternative form of?
Pigeonhearted is the alternative form of pigeon-hearted.

Words near pigeonhearted in the dictionary

  1. pigeongrams
  2. pigeongrass
  3. pigeongrasses
  4. pigeonhawk
  5. pigeonhawks
  6. pigeonhearted
  7. pigeonhole
  8. pigeonhole principle
  9. pigeonhole principles
  10. pigeonholeable
  11. pigeonholed

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