recreant
recreant · more recreant · most recreant
Unfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honourUnfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honour; disloyal, false.
UK/ˈɹɛkɹɪənt/US/ˈɹɛkɹiənt/
Meaning
2 senses(literary, poetic)Unfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honour; disloyal, false.
(archaic, poetic)Having admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated.
More definitions
- having deserted a cause or principle
- lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful
Origin
From Middle English recreaunt, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French recreant (“defeated”),From Middle English recreaunt, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French recreant (“defeated”), from recroire (“to yield in a trial by combat, surrender allegiance”). Compare miscreant.
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Forms
more recreant, most recreant| Comparative | more recreant Lesson |
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Synonyms
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3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form