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COWARD

This article appears in Volume V07, Page 345 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: COR-CRE
COWARD , a
term
  of contempt for one who, before danger, pain or trouble, shows fear, whether
physical
  or moral. The derivation of the word has been obscured by a connexion in sensewith the verb " cow," to instil fear into, which is derived from old Norse kuga, a word of similar meaning, and with the verb " cower," to crouch, which is also Scandinavian in origin.' The true derivation is from the
French
  coe, an old form of queue, a tail, from Lat. cauda, hence couart or couard. The reference to " tail " is either to the expression " turn tail " in
flight
 , or to the habit of animals dropping the tail between the legs when frightened; in heraldry, a
lion
  in this position is a "
lion
  coward." In the
fable
  of Reynard the Fox the name of the
hare
  is Coart, Kywart, Cuwaert or other variants.


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