Definitions
A person who shows fear or lacks courage.
Word origin
From Middle English coward, from Old French coart, cuard ( > French couard), from coue (“tail”), coe + -ard (pejorative agent noun suffix); coue, coe is in turn from Latin cauda.
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonyms: big baby, baby”
“Cowards dye many times before their deaths, / The valiant neuer taſte of death but once: […]”
“It is a coward and servile humour, for a man to disguise and hide himselfe under a maske, and not dare to shew himselfe as he is.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Timid person”6 letters
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