† fazartn.adj.
Obsolete. Scottish.
A. n.
A coward, dastard.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > coward(s) > base or acknowledged coward
nithingOE
crathona1400
cradden1513
dastarda1529
poltroona1529
sneaksby1580
craven1581
niddering1596
fazart1597
cur1600
niding1605
white-liver1614
nidderling1664
snool1718
dastardling1800
1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 363 To fazarts, hard hazarts, Is dead or thay come thaire.
1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 618 Zone faissard durst not..Clime vp the Craig.
B. adj.
Cowardly, dastardly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > abjectly cowardly
recrayedc1330
recreantc1330
craven?a1400
poor1425
currishc1460
fazart1508
soulless1568
dastardly1576
beastly1584
dastard1595
low-spirited1598
peaking1611
white meata1625
cur-like1627
snivelling1647
cravenly1653
base-mettled1681
niding1755
poltroonish1801
niddering1819
turn-tail1861
turpid1867
cold-footed1944
Charley1954
1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 217 Fowmart, fasert, fostirit in filth and fen.
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