Dastard

By Early To Rise | Fri, Jan 30, 2009 |

  

Archives: Word to the Wise

A “dastard” (DAS-terd) is a mean, sneaky coward. The word may have been derived from “dast/dased,” Middle English for “stupid” or “dull.”

Example (as used in Time magazine): “Even that notorious dastard and Spanish Political Grafter Juan March, popularly supposed to get his way in any part of Spain with 1,000 peseta notes, bolted like a rabbit for France until things should quiet down.”

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