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craven.

Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkɹeɪ.vən/

  1. Unwilling to fight; lacking even the rudiments of courage; extremely cowardly.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter (ultimately from Latin crepare), or a modification of creaunt (“defeated”) after craven (“to crave”).

noun/ˈkɹeɪ.vən/

  1. A coward.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter (ultimately from Latin crepare), or a modification of creaunt (“defeated”) after craven (“to crave”).

verb/ˈkɹeɪ.vən/

  1. To make craven.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English cravant, either borrowed from Old French cravanté (“defeated”), past participle of cravanter (ultimately from Latin crepare), or a modification of creaunt (“defeated”) after craven (“to crave”).

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