faint-hearted
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Faint′-heart′ed adjective
Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.
Fear not, neither be faint-hearted.— Is. vii. 4.
— Faint′wb-a1′>′-heart′wb-a2′>′ed·ly, adverb — Faint′wb-a1′>′-heart′wb-a2′>′ed·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54