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   Dallas Hinton to Alexander Koryagin   
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   24 Aug 24 12:44:23   
   
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   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   
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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