cowardie

English

Etymology

From Middle English cowardie, from Old French coardie.

Noun

cowardie (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) cowardice

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cowardie”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French coardie; equivalent to coward +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌkuːarˈdiː(ə)/, /ˈkuːardiː(ə)/

Noun

cowardie (uncountable)

  1. cowardice

Descendants
  • English: cowardie (obsolete)

References
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