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pot-valiant
[ pot-val-yuhnt ]
adjective
- brave only as a result of being drunk.
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Other Words From
- pot-valiant·ly adverb
- pot-val·or [pot, -val-er], pot-val·ian·cy [pot, -val-y, uh, n-see], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pot-valiant1
First recorded in 1635–45
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Example Sentences
Now, poor old Mole had on occasions been what is called pot-valiant.
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His eyes wore an expression of profound misery, but he preserved steadily other portions of a pot-valiant air.
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But in the midst of his brooding, Teppich and the fat Sturgeon assailed the nunnery gate with pot-valiant blows and shouts.
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I know you; twenty to one, but you will plead a drunkenness; you are used to be pot-valiant.
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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.
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