Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Valiant in speech or words only; brave in words, not in action.
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Examples
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You used to boast, tongue-valiant as you are, that you would take Rome by storm if any one would lead you.
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All the powerless powers, tongue-valiant, breathe but greed's or terror's breath.
A Channel Passage and Other Poems Taken from The Collected Poetical Works of Algernon Charles Swinburne—Vol VI Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
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