† ˈcowardish, a. Obs.
[f. coward n. + -ish.]
= cowardly.
| 1530 Palsgr. 773/2, I waxe cowardysshe, or faynte herted. 1537 Thersytes in Hazl. Dodsley I. 401 Here be a couple of knightes cowardishe and scabbed. 1551 Robinson tr. More's Utop. ii. (Arb.) 135 A cruel acte of a basse and a cowardyshe mynde. c 1624 Lushington Resurrection Serm. 1. (1659) 64 Fearful and Cowardish Souldiers, more womanish than women. |