dastard
dastard · dastards
Feigling, Heimtücker
A malicious coward; a dishonorable sneakA malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak.
UK/ˈdɑːstəd/US/ˈdæstɚd/
Meaning
1 sensesA malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak.
Feigling, Heimtücker
a despicable coward
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
malicious coward:
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”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.