dastard

  • 11dastard — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An ignoble, uncourageous person: coward, craven, funk, poltroon. Slang: chicken, yellow belly. See FEAR …

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  • 12dastard — das·tard || dæstÉ™d n. coward; mean person …

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  • 13dastard — [ dastəd, dα: ] noun dated or humorous a dishonourable or despicable person. Origin ME: prob. from dazed, influenced by dotard and bastard …

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  • 14dastard — I. n. Coward, poltroon, craven, recreant, milksop. II. a. Cowardly, pusillanimous, craven, recreant, coward, cowering, base, dastardly …

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  • 15dastard — n 1. coward, craven, poltroon, recreant; cur, Inf. meany, base fellow, worm, Archaic. caitiff, Archaic. niddering; sneak, shirker, yellow belly, mouse, baby; weakling, milksop, Milquetoast, mollycoddle. adj 2. cowardly, craven, mean, dastardly.… …

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  • 16dastard — das·tard …

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  • 17dastard — das•tard [[t]ˈdæs tərd[/t]] n. a mean, sneaking coward • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME, akin to ME dasard term of contempt, perh. der. of dasen daze …

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  • 18dastard — /ˈdæstəd/ (say dastuhd) noun 1. a mean, sneaking coward. –adjective 2. mean and sneaking; cowardly. {Middle English; from dast (? variant of dazed, past participle of daze) + ard} …

  • 19The Dastard — Infobox Book | name = The Dastard image caption = author = Piers Anthony country = United States language = English cover artist = Darrell K. Sweet Carol Russo Design genre = Fantasy novel publisher = Tor Books release date = October 2000 media… …

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  • 20Centaur family of Xanth — For more characters of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony, see [[:List of Xanth characters]]. The Centaur family served as major characters in the Xanth series by Piers Anthony.[1]     …

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