Subj : Ru
To   : Alexander Koryagin
From : Dallas Hinton
Date : Sat Aug 24 2024 12:44:22

Hi, Alexander -- on Aug 24 2024 at 17:34, you wrote:


AK> You mean that there is no adjective "coward"?

AK> Here for instance,
AK> https://www.dictionary.com/browse/coward

AK> PS: And in general, it is an English feature that almost every word
AK> can perform every part of speech.

I've never seen the word used as an adjective. I suspect it's an archaic usage. The Cambridge dictionary doesn't define it as an adjective (listing only "cowardly"), same for Merriam-Webster, Collins, and the Britannica Dictionary. The Oxford dictionary shows it used an adjective but last used in 1818!


Cheers... Dallas

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