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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FAINTHEARTED

a.Cowardly; timorous; dejected; easily depressed, or yielding to fear. Fear not, neither be fainthearted. Isaiah 7:4.

 

FAINTHEARTEDLY

adv. In a cowardly manner.

 

FAINTHEARTEDNESS

n.Cowardice; timorousness; want of courage.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FAINTHEARTED; FAINT-HEARTED

FAINTHEARTED; FAINT-HEARTED Faint "*heart `ed, a.

 

Defn: Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. Is. vii. 4. -- Faint "*heart `ed *ly, adv. -- Faint "*heart `ed *ness, n.