Cowards? If not, let the people decide-lah!
cow⋅ard [kou-erd]–noun1. a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person.–adjective2. lacking courage; very fearful or timid.3. proceeding from or expressive of fear or timidity: a coward cry.Origin:1175–1225; ME <>Synonyms:1. craven, poltroon, dastard, recreant, milksop.cow·ard (kou'ərd) n. One who shows ignoble fear in the face of danger or pain.[Middle English, from Old French couard, from coue, tail, from Latin cauda.]cow'ard adj.Word History: A coward is one who "turns tail." The word comes from Old French couart, coart, "coward," and is related to Italian codardo, "coward." Couart is formed from coe, a northern French dialectal variant of cue, "tail" (from Latin cōda), to which the derogatory suffix -ard was added. This suffix appears in bastard, laggard, and sluggard, to name a few. A coward may also be one with his tail between his legs. In heraldry a lion couard, "cowardly lion," was depicted with his tail between his legs. So a coward may be one with his tail hidden between his legs or one who turns tail and runs like a rabbit, with his tail showing.Cow"ard\ (kou"?rd), a. [OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf. Cue, Queue, Caudal.]1. (Her.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.2. Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch. --Shak.3. Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.He raised the house with loud and coward cries. --Shak.Invading fears repel my coward joy. --Proir.Cow"ard\, n. A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon.A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse. --Dryden.Syn: Craven; poltroon; dastard.
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