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cowardize
▪ I. cowardize, v. (ˈkaʊədaɪz) [f. coward n. + -ize.] trans. To make a coward of; to render cowardly; to daunt. Hence ˈcowardizing vbl. n.1629 H. Burton Babel no Bethel Ded. 6 The cowardizing of our English spirits. 1648 Gage West. Ind. xix. (1655) 139 Now they are cowardized, oppressed, unarmed. 16... Oxford English Dictionary
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cowardice
cowardice (ˈkaʊədɪs) Forms: 4–8 cowardise, 4–6 -yse, 4–5 -ys, (4 kowardyse, 5 cowartys(s, kouardise, 6 couuardeis), 6–7 cowardize, 7– cowardice. [a. OF. couardise (13th c. in Littré), f. couard coward n. + -ise, suffix:—L. -itia: see -ice1. An earlier F. equivalent was couardie cowardy n.; obsolete ... Oxford English Dictionary
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diminisher
diˈminisher rare. [f. as prec. + -er1.] One who or that which diminishes or lessens.1601 Weever Mirr. Mart. A vij, This paynted wether⁓cocke, Arts diminisher, With cowardize beginneth to empeach me. 1637 Clarke Serm. 241 (L.) The diminisher of regal, but the demolisher of episcopal authority. Oxford English Dictionary
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culvertage
ˈculvertage Feudal Law. [a. OF. culvertage, f. culvert (see culvert a.) + -age. Cf. med.L. culvertagium in Du Cange.] The position of a culvert, villainage; forfeiture and degradation to the position of a villain or serf.1613–8 Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 116 King John..summoning likewise all Ear... Oxford English Dictionary
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dastardize
ˈdastardize, v. [f. dastard n. + -ize: cf. cowardize (of same age).] = dastard v.c 1645 Howell Lett. (1650) II. 16 To dastardize or cowe your spirits. a 1700 Dryden (J.), Such things..As..would dastardize my courage. 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1811) IV. 208 The moment I beheld her, my heart was dasta... Oxford English Dictionary
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mistrustful
misˈtrustful, a. [f. mistrust n. + -ful.] Full of or marked by mistrust; wanting in confidence; distrustful, suspicious. Const. of.1529 More Dyaloge iv. i. Wks. 247/2 To shewe our selfe so mistrustful & wauering, that for to serche whether our faith were false or true, we should geue hearing..to a f... Oxford English Dictionary
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manless
manless, a. (ˈmænlɪs) [f. man n.1 + -less.] 1. a. Having no men (either in the sense of human beings or in that of adult male persons). Also (nonce-use), having no ‘men’ at chess.c 1050 Suppl. ælfric's Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 186/1 Parietinae, roflease and monlease ealde weallas. a 1400 Sir Perc. 1787... Oxford English Dictionary
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timerity
▪ I. † tiˈmerity Obs. Also 7 erron. temerity. [f. timerous, timorous, app. on mistaken analogy of temerity from temerous ‘rash’; it may also sometimes have been a corruption of timidity. As timerous and temerous ran together in use, so temerity was sometimes put for timerity, as n. of quality from t... Oxford English Dictionary
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Templary
Templary, n. (ˈtɛmplərɪ) Also 5 pl. -arijs. [ad. med.L. templāri-us, Templar n.: see -ary1.] † 1. = Templar n. 1. Obs.1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) VIII. 293 Þis pope.. dampned the ordre of Templaryes [ordinem Templariorum]. 1460 J. Capgrave Chron. (Rolls) 177 He procured the distruccion of Templaries.... Oxford English Dictionary
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pusillanimity
pusillanimity (ˌpjuːsɪlæˈnɪmɪtɪ) Also 4–5 pusillamite, 5 -animite. [a. F. pusillanimité (14th c. in Godef., pusillamité 14th c. in Gower, Mirour de l'omme), ad. eccl. L. pusillanimitās (4th c.), f. pusillanimis: see next.] The quality or character of being pusillanimous; lack of courage or fortitude... Oxford English Dictionary
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poltroonery
poltroonery (pɒlˈtruːnərɪ) [ad. F. poltronnerie (1573 in Hatz.-Darm.), = It. poltroner{iacu}a: see poltroon and -ery.] The behaviour of a poltroon; † laziness; pusillanimity, cowardice.1590 R. Hichcock Quintess. Wit 35 b, Firste they are industrious, suppliant, modest; and after, with pultronerie an... Oxford English Dictionary
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badge
▪ I. badge, n. (ˈbædʒ) Forms: 4–7 bage, 5–7 bagge, 7 badg, 5– badge. [First in ME.: also in 15th c. Anglo-Lat. bagia, bagea, from the vernacular word. Also OF. bage: a single instance in Godefroy, of date 1465. Of unknown origin. See conjectures in Mätzner, Wedgwood, Müller, Skeat.] 1. A distinctive... Oxford English Dictionary
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suddenly
suddenly, adv. (a.) (ˈsʌd(ə)nlɪ) Forms: see sudden; also 4–5 sodonly, 7 suddainsly, sudingly. [f. sudden + -ly2.] 1. Without warning or preparation; all at once, all of a sudden. In some contexts the implication is rather ‘At an unexpected moment, unexpectedly’.c 1290 S. Engl. Leg. 19 In ȝwuche mane... Oxford English Dictionary
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reviver
▪ I. reviver, n.1 (rɪˈvaɪvə(r)) [f. the verb + -er1.] 1. That which revives, restores, or invigorates; also slang, a stimulating drink.1592 Nashe P. Penilesse 16 b, Hee saith, it [sc. learning] is..the reuiuer of vices, and mother of cowardize. 1638 Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 344 The mirthfull sun... Oxford English Dictionary
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slander
▪ I. slander, n. (ˈslɑːndə(r), -æ-) Forms: α. 3–6 sclaundre, 4–6 -der (4 -dire, 5 -dir); 4 sclawndire, 5 -dre, -dyr, -der; 4–6 sclander, -dre (6 -dir), 4 sclondre. β. 4–6 sklaunder (4 -dere, -dir, 4–5 -dre, 5 -dur, -dyre); 5 sklawnder (5–6 -dyr); 5 (Sc. 6–7) sklander (-dyr, 6 Sc. -dir, -dre). γ. 4–7... Oxford English Dictionary
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