Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COW'ARD-ICE
COW'ARD-ICE, n. [Fr. couardise; Sp. cobardia.]
Want of courage to face danger; timidity; pusillanimity; fear of exposing one's person to danger. Cowardice alone is loss of fame. – Dryden. Did cowardice; did injustice ever save a sinking state? – Ames.
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