cowardicen.

Brit.

/ˈkaʊədɪs/, U.S.

/ˈkaʊərdəs/

Forms: Middle English–1700s cowardise, Middle English–1500s cowardyse, Middle English cowardys, (Middle English kowardyse, Middle English cowartys(s, kouardise, 1500s couuardeis), 1500s–1600s cowardize, 1600s– cowardice.

Etymology: < Old French couardise (13th cent. in Littré), < couard coward n. + -ise , suffix < Latin -itia : see -ice suffix¹. An earlier French equivalent was couardie cowardy n.; obsolete English synonyms are cowardness, cowardry, cowardship; see also cowardliness.

1. The quality of a coward; cowardliness; want of courage to face danger; faint-heartedness, pusillanimity. See also moral cowardice n. at moral adj. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun]

arghtha1250

arghshipc1275

faintise1297

cowardicec1300

cowardshipc1330

arghness1340

arghhoodc1350

sheepnessc1380

pusillanimitya1393

cowardnessa1400

neshnessa1400

cowardyc1405

lithernessc1425

lashness1477

cowardrya1547

meagreness?1553

cowardliness1556

micropsychy1651

buzzardism1659

stanielry1659

manlessness1667

cow-heartedness1718

pusillanimousness1727

chicken-heartedness1808

infortitude1813

plucklessness1824

white-featherism1843

cold feet1893

yellow1893

liver-heartedness1897

yellowness1909

c1300 K. Alis. 3066 That day thou hadist heorte of pris: And now art ful of cowardys.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2273 Þou art not Gawayn..Such cowardise of þat knyȝt cowþe I neuer here.

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) vi. 338 Fule-hardyment ye formast is And ye toyer is cowartys [1487 St. John's Cambr. cowardiss].

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 56 Wrothe of the grete cowardyse of these bestes.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F2^v To banish cowardize.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. vi. 16 He is a Man..of comely Vertues, Nor did he soyle the fact with Cowardice .

1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Mark vi. 34 It is no Cowardice to fly from the Rage of Persecutors.

1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 129 It was imputed to his Cowardize.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 267 It is, like all of the cat kind except the lion, remarkable for its cowardice.

1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 9 Demoralised by cowardice of heart and understanding.

2. with a and plural.

ΚΠ

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 372 Among alle cowardisis, cowardise of richesse is þe moste.

1886 M. F. Tupper My Life as Author 92 But there is nothing like flight: it is easy and speedy, and more a courage than a cowardice.

†3. transferred. Weakness (of wine). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [noun] > weakness

cowardice1673

1673 Sir W. Scroggs in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 116 The cowardize of wine would turne it into vinegar.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cowardice
释义	cowardicen. Brit. /ˈkaʊədɪs/, U.S. /ˈkaʊərdəs/ Forms: Middle English–1700s cowardise, Middle English–1500s cowardyse, Middle English cowardys, (Middle English kowardyse, Middle English cowartys(s, kouardise, 1500s couuardeis), 1500s–1600s cowardize, 1600s– cowardice. Etymology: < Old French couardise (13th cent. in Littré), < couard coward n. + -ise , suffix < Latin -itia : see -ice suffix¹. An earlier French equivalent was couardie cowardy n.; obsolete English synonyms are cowardness, cowardry, cowardship; see also cowardliness. 1. The quality of a coward; cowardliness; want of courage to face danger; faint-heartedness, pusillanimity. See also moral cowardice n. at moral adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] arghtha1250 arghshipc1275 faintise1297 cowardicec1300 cowardshipc1330 arghness1340 arghhoodc1350 sheepnessc1380 pusillanimitya1393 cowardnessa1400 neshnessa1400 cowardyc1405 lithernessc1425 lashness1477 cowardrya1547 meagreness?1553 cowardliness1556 micropsychy1651 buzzardism1659 stanielry1659 manlessness1667 cow-heartedness1718 pusillanimousness1727 chicken-heartedness1808 infortitude1813 plucklessness1824 white-featherism1843 cold feet1893 yellow1893 liver-heartedness1897 yellowness1909 c1300 K. Alis. 3066 That day thou hadist heorte of pris: And now art ful of cowardys. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2273 Þou art not Gawayn..Such cowardise of þat knyȝt cowþe I neuer here. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) vi. 338 Fule-hardyment ye formast is And ye toyer is cowartys [1487 St. John's Cambr. cowardiss]. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 56 Wrothe of the grete cowardyse of these bestes. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. vi. sig. F2^v To banish cowardize. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. vi. 16 He is a Man..of comely Vertues, Nor did he soyle the fact with Cowardice . View more context for this quotation 1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. Mark vi. 34 It is no Cowardice to fly from the Rage of Persecutors. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 129 It was imputed to his Cowardize. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 267 It is, like all of the cat kind except the lion, remarkable for its cowardice. 1872 J. Morley Voltaire i. 9 Demoralised by cowardice of heart and understanding. 2. with a and plural. ΚΠ c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 372 Among alle cowardisis, cowardise of richesse is þe moste. 1886 M. F. Tupper My Life as Author 92 But there is nothing like flight: it is easy and speedy, and more a courage than a cowardice. †3. transferred. Weakness (of wine). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > qualities or characteristics of wine > [noun] > weakness cowardice1673 1673 Sir W. Scroggs in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 116 The cowardize of wine would turne it into vinegar. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300
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