cowards

We have found lemma(root) word of cowards : coward.

Definitions


[ˈkaʊəd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who is contemptibly lacking in the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things
(e.g: they had run away—the cowards!)


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Origin:
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 (early 16th century)


[ˈkaʊəd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- excessively afraid of danger or pain

- (of an animal) depicted with the tail between the hind legs


Phrases:

Origin:
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 (early 16th century)




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