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Cowardice

//ˈkaʊədɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of courage. countable, uncountable

    "The ſecond property of your excellent ſherris, is the vvarming of the blood, vvhich before (cold & ſetled) left the lyuer vvhite & pale, vvhich is the badge of puſilanimitie and covvardize: but the ſherris vvarmes it, and makes it courſe from the invvards to the partes extreames, […]"

  2. 2
    the trait of lacking courage wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English cowardise, borrowed from Anglo-Norman cuardise (modern French couardise).

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