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cowardice

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishcowardise, borrowed fromAnglo-Normancuardise (modernFrenchcouardise).

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Noun

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cowardice (countable anduncountable,pluralcowardices)

  1. Lack ofcourage.
    Synonyms:cowardliness,cowardness,cowardship
    • c.1596–1599 (date written),William Shakespeare,The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] forAndrew Wise, andWilliam Aspley, published1600,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene ii]:
      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 andcovvardize: but the ſherris vvarmes it, and makes it courſe from the invvards to the partes extreames,[…]
    • 2019 July 19, Noah Kulwin, “Democrats Fail the Left, Once Again”, inJewish Currents‎[1]:
      [Ilhan] Omar was left twisting in the wind earlier this year after facing spurious charges of antisemitism, a display of Democraticcowardice co-signed by Chelsea Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and most every other Democrat with a congressional leadership position.

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the lack of courage

References

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  1. ^Stanley, Oma (1937) “I. Vowel Sounds in Stressed Syllables”, inThe Speech of East Texas (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 2),New York:Columbia University Press,→DOI,→ISBN,§ 15, page29.
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