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Word: Coward
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English: from Old French couard, based on Latin cauda ‘tail’, possibly with reference to a frightened animal with its tail between its legs, reflected in coward (sense 2 of the adjective) (early 16th century)
ˈkaʊəd
a person who is contemptibly lacking in the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things
Short Definition:person who is contemptibly lacking in courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things
Examples:- they had run away—the cowards!
Word: Coward
Speech Type: Adjective
ˈkaʊəd
excessively afraid of danger or pain.
Short Definition:very afraid of danger or pain
(of an animal) depicted with the tail between the hind legs.
Short Definition:(of animal) depicted with tail between hind legs
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