See Also: dastard(medicine)
dastard(dictionary)

dastard (iou)



dastard noun, adjective, & verb. LME.
[Prob. from dazed pa. pple & ppl adjective of DAZE verb + -ARD, infl. by DOTARD noun1 & adjective1.]
A. noun.
A dullard; a stupid person. LME-M16.
A mean, base, or despicable coward, esp. one who does malicious acts in a skulking way. L15.
b. adjective. = DASTARDLY. L15.
C. verb trans. = dastardize. L16-M17.
dastardice noun = dastardy L16-M18.
dastardize verb trans. (now rare) make a dastard of, cow M17.
dastardy noun (arch.) base or mean cowardice, dastardliness L16.