† cowardnessn.

Etymology: < coward adj. + -ness suffix.

Obsolete.

1. = cowardliness n., cowardice n.

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

a1400 Gloss. in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 6 Vecordia, cowardnes.

c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xlv It is a grete cowardnesse that men dreden hym so moche.

1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Matrimony, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 503 It is a token of womanish cowardnes.

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. C2^v Too much boldnesse, and too much cowardnesse.

1661 T. Blount Peacham's Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) x. 80 Poetry..can turn..hatred to love, cowardness into valour.

2. Applied to a ‘company’ of curs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > inferior > group of

cowardness1486

1486 Bk. St. Albans F vj b A Cowardnes of curris.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	cowardness
释义	† cowardnessn. Etymology: < coward adj. + -ness suffix. Obsolete. 1. = cowardliness n., cowardice n. 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 a1400 Gloss. in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 6 Vecordia, cowardnes. c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xlv It is a grete cowardnesse that men dreden hym so moche. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Matrimony, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 503 It is a token of womanish cowardnes. 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. C2^v Too much boldnesse, and too much cowardnesse. 1661 T. Blount Peacham's Compl. Gentleman (new ed.) x. 80 Poetry..can turn..hatred to love, cowardness into valour. 2. Applied to a ‘company’ of curs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [noun] > inferior > group of cowardness1486 1486 Bk. St. Albans F vj b A Cowardnes of curris. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a1400
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