cravenly

  • 31craven — adj. & n. adj. (of a person, behaviour, etc.) cowardly; abject. n. a cowardly person. Derivatives: cravenly adv. cravenness n. Etymology: ME cravand etc. perh. f. OF cravanteacute defeated, past part. of cravanter ult. f. L crepare burst; assim.… …

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