dastard
suomi-englanti sanakirjadastard englannista suomeksi
pelkurimainen
pelkurimainen roisto
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dastard englanniksi
A malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak.
(RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-2)
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)
(RQ:Joyce Ulysses)
1590, (w), ''(w)'', Book III, Canto One, Stanza 22, in ''The Faerie Queene, Books Three and Four'', edited by Dorothy Stephens, Hackett, 2006, p. 13,
- Like dastard Curres, that having at a bay
- The salvage beast embost in wearie chace,
- Dare not adventure on the stubborne pray,
- Ne byte before, but rome from place to place,
- To get a snatch, when turned is his face.
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(RQ:Carlyle Past and Present)
To dastardize.
1665, (w), ''(w), or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, being the Sequel of The Indian Queen'', Act II, Scene 1, http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12166/pg12166-images.html
- Would my short life had yet a shorter date! / I'm weary of this flesh which holds us here, / And dastards manly souls with hope and fear; / These heats and colds still in our breast make war, / Agues and fevers all our passions are.