a. Obs. [f. COWARD sb. + -ISH.] = COWARDLY.
1530. Palsgr., 773/2. I waxe cowardysshe, or faynte herted.
1537. Thersytes, in Hazl., Dodsley, I. 401. Here be a couple of knightes cowardishe and scabbed.
1551. Robinson, trans. More’s Utop., II. (Arb.), 135. A cruel acte of a basse and a cowardyshe mynde.
c. 1624. Lushington, Resurrection Serm., I. (1659), 64. Fearful and Cowardish Souldiers, more womanish than women.
