adj. & n.
--adj. (of a person, behaviour, etc.) cowardly; abject.
--n. a cowardly person.
Derivatives:
cravenly adv. cravenness n.
Etymology: ME cravand etc. perh. f. OF cravant{eacute} defeated, past part. of cravanter ult. f. L crepare burst; assim. to -EN(3)