Faint-hearted

Nuttall's Standard Dictionary of the English Language · 1890 · p. 76

faynt-här -ted, a. timorous; easily depre ed or yielding to fear. Faint-heartedly, faynthär'-ted-le, ad. in a faint-hearted manner. Faintheartedne , faynt-har'-ted-nes, s. the state of being faint-hearted.