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cowardise

cowardise is the obsolete spelling of cowardice.

Meaning of cowardice

Noun

cowardice (countable and uncountable, plural cowardices)

  1. Lack of courage.
    • The ſecond property of your excellent ſherris, is the vvarming of the blood, vvhich before (cold & ſetled) left the lyuer vvhite & pale, vvhich is the badge of puſilanimitie and covvardize: but the ſherris vvarmes it, and makes it courſe from the invvards to the partes extreames, […]c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600...
    Antonyms:
    courage, temerity

Questions about cowardise

What is cowardise the obsolete spelling of?
Cowardise is the obsolete spelling of cowardice.

Words near cowardise in the dictionary

  1. Cowardiana
  2. cowardice
  3. cowardices
  4. cowardie
  5. cowarding
  6. cowardise
  7. cowardish
  8. cowardize
  9. cowardized
  10. cowardizes
  11. cowardizing

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