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das⋅tard
[das-terd] 
–noun
| 1. | a mean, sneaking coward. |
–adjective
| 2. | of or befitting a dastard; mean, sneaky, and cowardly. |
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < ?.
1400–50; late ME < ?.
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| das·tard (dās'tərd) n. A sneaking, malicious coward. [Middle English, probably alteration of Old Norse dæstr, exhausted, from past participle of dæsa, to languish, decay.] |
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Dastard
Das"tard\, n. [Prob. from Icel. d[ae]str exhausted. breathless, p. p. of d[ae]sa to groan, lose one's breath; cf. dasask to become exhausted, and E. daze.] One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon. You are all recreants and dashtards, and delight to live in slavery to the nobility. --Shak.Dastard
Das"tard\, a. Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly. "Their dastard souls." --Addison.Dastard
Das"tard\, v. t. To dastardize. [R.] --Dryden.
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