pot-valiant
[ pot-val-yuhnt ]
adjective
brave only as a result of being drunk.
Origin of pot-valiant
1First recorded in 1635–45
Other words from pot-valiant
- pot-val·iant·ly, adverb
- pot-val·or [pot-val-er], /ˈpɒtˌvæl ər/, pot-val·ian·cy [pot-val-yuhn-see], /ˈpɒtˌvæl yən si/, noun
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How to use pot-valiant in a sentence
Now, poor old Mole had on occasions been what is called pot-valiant.
Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape From the Brigand's of Greece | Bracebridge HemyngHis eyes wore an expression of profound misery, but he preserved steadily other portions of a pot-valiant air.
The Monster and Other Stories | Stephen CraneBut in the midst of his brooding, Teppich and the fat Sturgeon assailed the nunnery gate with pot-valiant blows and shouts.
Dragon's blood | Henry Milner RideoutI know you; twenty to one, but you will plead a drunkenness; you are used to be pot-valiant.
An early adventure was to force a pot-valiant parson, who had drunk a cup too much at a wedding, into a rarely farcical situation.
A Book of Scoundrels | Charles Whibley
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