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Craven

//ˈkɹeɪ.vən// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.

    "The poor craven bridegroom said never a word."

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A former local government district in North Yorkshire, England, merged in 2023 into the North Yorkshire unitary authority.
  3. 3
    A village in the Rural Municipality of Longlaketon No. 219, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  4. 4
    A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    A coward. archaic

    "He is a craven and a villain else."

  2. 2
    an abject coward wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make craven. archaic

    "There is a prohibition so divine / That cravens my weak hand."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter (ultimately from Latin crepare), or a modification of creaunt (“defeated”) after craven (“to crave”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter (ultimately from Latin crepare), or a modification of creaunt (“defeated”) after craven (“to crave”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter (ultimately from Latin crepare), or a modification of creaunt (“defeated”) after craven (“to crave”).

Etymology 4

From Proto-Brythonic; equivalent to Welsh craf (“garlic”) + the suffix -an. Compare Cremona.

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