cowardship
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]cowardship (uncountable)
- (obsolete) cowardice
- c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], line 379:
- Sir Toby: and for his / cowardship, ask Fabian. Fabian: A coward, a most devout coward, religious in it!