What does cowardise mean?

cowardise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Obsolete; Uncountable

"The word, Tu mihi criminis author (alluding to his Princes commaund) thou art the occasion of my imputed cowardise."
"The next day how my master the Gardener sped, I knew not, but the gentle souldier, who was well beaten for his cowardise, lead me to his lodging without the contradiction of any man: Where hee laded me well, and garnished my body (as seemed to me) like an Asse of armes."

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