The Lady Powis . . . patted him with her fan, and called him a cowhearted fellow. --R. North. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
cowhearted — cow·heart·ed … English syllables
cowhearted — ˈkau̇|härd.ə̇d adjective ( er/ est) Etymology: influenced in meaning by coward : cowardly … Useful english dictionary
cowardly — [adj] fearful afraid, anxious, apprehensive, backward, base, caitiff, chickenhearted, cowering, cowhearted, craven, dastardly, diffident, dismayed, fainthearted, frightened, gutless, having the willies*, jittery, lacking courage, lily livered*,… … New thesaurus
