"chicken-hearted" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-au-chicken-hearted.ogg [Australia] Forms: more chicken-hearted [comparative], most chicken-hearted [superlative]
Etymology: From chicken + hearted, after chicken heart. Compare hen-hearted. Etymology templates: {{m|en|chicken}} chicken, {{m|en|hearted}} hearted, {{m|en|chicken heart}} chicken heart, {{m|en|hen-hearted}} hen-hearted Head templates: {{en-adj}} chicken-hearted (comparative more chicken-hearted, superlative most chicken-hearted)
  1. Not brave; lacking courage; cowardly. Related terms: cowardly Translations (lacking courage): jänishousuinen (Finnish), ängstlich (German), furchtsam (German), nyúlszívű (Hungarian), gyáva (Hungarian), poltrona (Ido), gallina (Spanish), harhjärtad (Swedish), feg (Swedish)

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