dastard
Meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardlyMeanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly.
Meaning
1 sensesMeanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly.
hinterhältig, heimtückisch
despicably cowardly
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English dastard (“a dullard”), most likely formed from *dast, a base derived fFrom Middle English dastard (“a dullard”), most likely formed from *dast, a base derived from Old Norse dæstr (“exhausted, breathless”) + -ard. Compare Icelandic dasaður (“exhausted”), dialectal Swedish däst (“weary”), Middle Dutch dasaert, daasaardt (“a fool”), English dazed (“stupefied”).
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Forms
more dastard, most dastard| Comparative | more dastard Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most dastard Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- despicably cowardly:dastardly
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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