"dastard" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈdɑːstəd/ [UK], /ˈdæstəd/ [UK], /ˈdæstɚd/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-dastard.oga [US] Forms: more dastard [comparative], most dastard [superlative]
Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːstəd, (General American) -æstə(ɹ)d Etymology: From Middle English dastard (“a dullard”), most likely formed from *dast, a base derived from Old Norse dæstr (“exhausted, breathless”) + -ard. Compare Icelandic dasaður (“exhausted”), dialectal Swedish däst (“weary”), Middle Dutch dasaert, daasaardt (“a fool”), English dazed (“stupefied”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dastard||a dullard}} Middle English dastard (“a dullard”), {{der|en|non|dæstr||exhausted, breathless}} Old Norse dæstr (“exhausted, breathless”), {{suffix|en||ard}} + -ard, {{cog|is|dasaður||exhausted}} Icelandic dasaður (“exhausted”), {{cog|sv|däst||weary}} Swedish däst (“weary”), {{cog|dum|dasaert}} Middle Dutch dasaert, {{cog|en|dazed||stupefied}} English dazed (“stupefied”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} dastard (comparative more dastard, superlative most dastard)
  1. Meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly, dastardly. Translations (meanly shrinking from danger, cowardly): hinterhältig (German), heimtückisch (German)
    Sense id: en-dastard-en-adj-kwFDpiAM

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈdɑːstəd/ [UK], /ˈdæstəd/ [UK], /ˈdæstɚd/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-dastard.oga [US] Forms: dastards [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːstəd, (General American) -æstə(ɹ)d Etymology: From Middle English dastard (“a dullard”), most likely formed from *dast, a base derived from Old Norse dæstr (“exhausted, breathless”) + -ard. Compare Icelandic dasaður (“exhausted”), dialectal Swedish däst (“weary”), Middle Dutch dasaert, daasaardt (“a fool”), English dazed (“stupefied”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dastard||a dullard}} Middle English dastard (“a dullard”), {{der|en|non|dæstr||exhausted, breathless}} Old Norse dæstr (“exhausted, breathless”), {{suffix|en||ard}} + -ard, {{cog|is|dasaður||exhausted}} Icelandic dasaður (“exhausted”), {{cog|sv|däst||weary}} Swedish däst (“weary”), {{cog|dum|dasaert}} Middle Dutch dasaert, {{cog|en|dazed||stupefied}} English dazed (“stupefied”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} dastard (plural dastards)
  1. A malicious coward; a dishonorable sneak. Categories (topical): People Translations (malicious coward): Feigling [masculine] (German), Heimtücker [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-dastard-en-noun-XiSOFoX1 Disambiguation of People: 36 63 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈdɑːstəd/ [UK], /ˈdæstəd/ [UK], /ˈdæstɚd/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-dastard.oga [US] Forms: dastards [present, singular, third-person], dastarding [participle, present], dastarded [participle, past], dastarded [past]
Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːstəd, (General American) -æstə(ɹ)d Etymology: From Middle English dastard (“a dullard”), most likely formed from *dast, a base derived from Old Norse dæstr (“exhausted, breathless”) + -ard. Compare Icelandic dasaður (“exhausted”), dialectal Swedish däst (“weary”), Middle Dutch dasaert, daasaardt (“a fool”), English dazed (“stupefied”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dastard||a dullard}} Middle English dastard (“a dullard”), {{der|en|non|dæstr||exhausted, breathless}} Old Norse dæstr (“exhausted, breathless”), {{suffix|en||ard}} + -ard, {{cog|is|dasaður||exhausted}} Icelandic dasaður (“exhausted”), {{cog|sv|däst||weary}} Swedish däst (“weary”), {{cog|dum|dasaert}} Middle Dutch dasaert, {{cog|en|dazed||stupefied}} English dazed (“stupefied”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} dastard (third-person singular simple present dastards, present participle dastarding, simple past and past participle dastarded)
  1. To dastardize. Derived forms: dastardly, dastardness
    Sense id: en-dastard-en-verb-pIPfsGLB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ard Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 35 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 37 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ard: 12 25 63

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Feigling"
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}

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