Obs. [f. COWARD sb. + -RY.] = COWARDICE.
a. 1547. Surrey, Æneid, II. 511. And some there were, for shamefull cowardrie Clambe up againe. Ibid., IV. 18. Cowardry notes hartes swarved out of kind.
1591. Spenser, M. Hubberd, 986. Shake off this vile harted cowardree.