The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pot-valiant
Pot-valiant \Pot"-val`iant\, a.
Having the courage given by drink.
--Smollett.
Wiktionary
pot-valiant
a. (context archaic English) Having bravado from drunkenness. alt. (context archaic English) Having bravado from drunkenness.
Usage examples of "pot-valiant".
Wat sayeth, lord, and his japes, ye must not misdeem of us that we shepherds of the Downs can do nought but run to ales and feasts, and that we are but pot-valiant: maybe thou thyself mayst live to see things go otherwise: and in that day may we have such as thee for captain.