English

Alternative forms

• potvaliant

Adjective

pot-valiant ‎(comparative more pot-valiant, superlative most pot-valiant)

1. (archaic) Having bravado from drunkenness.
   • 1831, Sir Walter Scott, The Surgeon's Daughter, ch. 7:

     "You know the sort of fellows that we are obliged to content ourselves with—they get drunk—grow pot-valiant—enlist over-night, and repent next morning."

   • 1900, Fergus Hume, The Bishop's Secret, ch. 35:

     He looked up as the horse approached, but did not run away, being rendered pot-valiant by the liquor he had drunk earlier in the evening.

Synonyms

• in one's armour

See also

• Dutch courage
• liquid courage