Obs. Also -die, -dye, -ty. [a. OF. couardie (11–12th c. cuardie, coardie), f. couard COWARD sb.; = It. codardía: see -Y. Other synonyms are cowardice, cowardship, cowardry.] = COWARDICE.
1375. Barbour, Bruce, IX. 92. He … Fleis thus for hys cowardy.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Knt.’s T., 1872. No maner man heldn it no cowardye.
c. 1440. Partonope, 1469. Of hys fals cowardy.
1536. Bellenden, Cron. Scot. (1821), II. 9. The febill cowarty of thair nobillis.
1578. T. N., trans. Conq. W. India (1596), 324. Quahutimoc beganne to reprehend his men for their cowardie and flight.
