Pot-valiant

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having bravado from drunkenness.

    "Her huſband was ‘pot-valiant,’ he feared her not at the moment, nor had he then much reaſon, for ſhe inſtantly turned the whole force of her anger another way."

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"Her huſband was ‘pot-valiant,’ he feared her not at the moment, nor had he then much reaſon, for ſhe inſtantly turned the whole force of her anger another way."

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