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coward
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noun
a
person
who
lack
s the
courage
to
do
or
endure
dangerous
or
unpleasant
things.
⦅非難して⦆ 臆病[卑怯(ひきょう)]者 (!時に呼びかけで)
adjective
1.
literary
excessively
afraid
of
danger
or
pain
.
2.
Heraldry
(of an animal) depicted with the tail between the hind legs.
ORIGIN
Middle English
: from
Old French
couard
, based on
Latin
cauda
‘
tail
’, possibly with reference to a
frightened
animal
with its
tail
between its
leg
s, reflected in coward (sense 2 of the adjective) (early
16th century
).