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recrayed

recrayed adjective: cowardly, recreant.

Adjective

recrayed (comparative more recrayed, superlative most recrayed)

  1. (obsolete) Cowardly, recreant.
    • Sir Launcelot, now I well understonde that thou arte a false recrayed knyght and a comon lechourere, and lovyste and holdiste othir ladyes, and of me thou haste dysdayne and scorne.1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII
  2. (obsolete) Weak; lazy.

Forms of recrayed

comparativemore recrayed
superlativemost recrayed

Questions about recrayed

What does recrayed mean?
Recrayed means cowardly, recreant.
What part of speech is recrayed?
Recrayed is an adjective.

Words near recrayed in the dictionary

  1. recrating
  2. recrawl
  3. recrawled
  4. recrawling
  5. recrawls
  6. recrayed
  7. recreance
  8. recreancies
  9. recreancy
  10. recreant
  11. recreantly

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