pigeon-livered vs unmanly

pigeon-livered

adj
  • cowardly 

unmanly

adj
  • Cowardly, base. 

  • Showing characteristics that are not manly, such as being immature, effeminate or cowardly, which might be construed as an indicator of weakness or of baseness of character. 

  • Of or pertaining to something not human. 

  • Not becoming of a man. 

  • Not acceptable from a man. 

adv
  • In a manner that is unmanly. 

How often have the words pigeon-livered and unmanly occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )