ˈweak-ˈhearted, a.
a. Lacking fortitude, faint-hearted. b. Tender-hearted, soft-hearted.
| a. 1549 Bk. Com. Prayer, Letany 123 To comfort and helpe the weake hearted. 1613 Shakes. Hen. VIII, iii. ii. 390 My Weake-hearted Enemies. |
| b. 1841 Lost Brooch II. xvi. 114 Those soft weak-hearted persons, who think that religion consists in nothing but what they call kindness and forgiveness. |