English

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Etymology

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From Middle English cowardie, from Old French coardie.

Noun

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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cowardie (uncountable)

  1. cowardice

Descendants

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  • English: cowardie (obsolete)

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