English-Thai Dictionary
recreant
ADJ ขี้ขลาด ตาขาว cowardly distardly ke-kad
recreant
ADJ คน ทรยศ renegade tergiversator kon-tor-ra-yod
recreant
ADJ ทรยศ หักหลัง disloyal renegade tor-ra-yod
recreant
N คนขี้ขลาด คน ขี้กลัว coward refresh kon-ke-kad
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RECREANT
a.[See Craven. ] 1. Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; hence, cowardly; mean spirited.
2. Apostate; false.
Who for so many benefits receiv'd, turn'd recreant to God, ingrate and false.
RECREANT
n.One who yields in combat and cries craven; one who begs for mercy; hence, a mean spirited, cowardly wretch.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RECREANT
Rec "re *ant (-ant ), a. Etym: [OF. , cowardly, fr. recroire, recreire,to forsake, leave, tire, discourage, regard as conquered, LL. recredere se to declare one's self conquered in combat; hence, those are called recrediti or recreanti who are considered infamous; L. pref. re- again, back + credere to believe, to be of opinion; hence, originally, to disavow one's opinion. See Creed. ]
1. Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven. "This recreant knight. " Spenser.
2. Apostate; false; unfaithful. Who, for so many benefits received, Turned recreant to God, ingrate and false. Milton.
RECREANT
RECREANT Rec "re *ant, n.
Defn: One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch. Blackstone. You are all recreants and dastards! Shak.
New American Oxford Dictionary
recreant
rec re ant |ˈrekrēənt ˈrɛkriənt | archaic ▶adjective 1 cowardly: what a recreant figure must he make. 2 unfaithful to a belief; apostate. ▶noun 1 a coward. 2 a person who is unfaithful to a belief; an apostate. DERIVATIVES rec re an cy |-ənsē |noun, rec re ant ly adverb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘surrendering, ’ present participle of recroire, from medieval Latin (se ) recredere ‘surrender (oneself ),’ from re- (expressing reversal ) + credere ‘entrust. ’
Oxford Dictionary
recreant
recreant |ˈrɛkrɪənt | archaic ▶adjective 1 cowardly. 2 unfaithful to a belief; apostate. ▶noun 1 a coward. 2 a person who is unfaithful to a belief; an apostate. DERIVATIVES recreancy noun, recreantly adverb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, literally ‘surrendering ’, present participle of recroire, from medieval Latin (se ) recredere ‘surrender (oneself )’, from re- (expressing reversal ) + credere ‘entrust ’.
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