CRAVEN


Meaning of CRAVEN in English

adj. & n.

adj. (of a person, behaviour, etc.) cowardly; abject.

n. a cowardly person. cravenly adv. cravenness n.

[ ME cravand etc. perh. f. OF cravanté defeated, past part. of cravanter ult. f. L crepare burst; assim. to -EN(3) ]

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