Meanings
adjectivecouraged (not comparable)
- in compoundsnot comparableHaving a specified form or amount of courage.
the wordy warfare of lukewarm, weak-couraged men
1925, Andrew Herbert Dakers, Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)1 more example
She's the highest-couraged thing we've got in the stables. Her name's Brown Molly, sir; and she'll go till she drops.
1859, William Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White
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