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Cowed

//kaʊd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Frightened into submission.

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:cowed."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of cow form-of, participle, past

Etymology

Etymology 1

* Probable origins are Scandinavian, cf. Danish kue, to subdue.

Etymology 2

* Probable origins are Scandinavian, cf. Danish kue, to subdue.

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