white-hearted
white-hearted adjective: cowardly; lily-livered.
Adjective
white-hearted (comparative more white-hearted, superlative most white-hearted)
- Cowardly; lily-livered.
- […] and call the defendant a white-hearted son-of-a-bitch?1898, Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals, The Texas Criminal Reports, page 67
- Pure in heart; morally good and innocent.
- The old deacon had just driven the old mare out on the road to go three miles to church when his wife, who was equally as whitehearted woman as he was a man, said, 'Oh dear, what have we done? […] Here we are going to church this blessed Sunday morning morning and there is that poor little calf...1894, Annual Report, Maine: Board of Agriculture, page 172
Forms of white-hearted
| comparative | more white-hearted |
|---|---|
| superlative | most white-hearted |
| alternative form | whitehearted |
Questions about white-hearted
- What does white-hearted mean?
- White-hearted means cowardly; lily-livered.
- What part of speech is white-hearted?
- White-hearted is an adjective.
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