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Etymology
From English cowardly. Compare French couard, Italian codardo.
Pronunciation
Adjective
kovarda (accusative singular kovardan, plural kovardaj, accusative plural kovardajn)
- (literary, rare) cowardly and ignoble; dastardly; pusillanimous
1993, Jorge Camacho, La Majstro kaj Martinelli:Kia klika kamarilo da kalumniaj kibicoj kaj kovardaj komplicoj kaj kruelaj komplotoj kaj kanajlaj konspiroj!- What a cliquish cabal of calumnious kibbitzes and dastardly accomplices and cruel plots and villainous conspiracies!
- 1999, William Auld, interviewed by Aleksander Korĵenkov in La Ondo de Esperanto:
Cetere, pseŭdonimeco en certaj cirkonstancoj estas tolerebla (ekzemple ĉe Zamenhof) — sed kiam aŭtoro kaŝas sin pseŭdonime por sin savi de pravaj riproĉoj kaj eventualaj reagoj, tio estas anonimeco kovarda kaj poltrona.- Additionally, pseudonymity in certain circumstances is tolerable (for example in Zamenhof's case) — but when an author hides behind a pseudonym to save themselves from just reproaches and potential reactions, that sort of anonymity is pusillanimous and cowardly.
2018, Sten Johansson, Marina ĉe la limo:"Mizera fekulo! Kovarda bubaĉo! Ĉu vi aŭdas? Ankaŭ mi povas insulti. Nazia murdisto! Pigra porko! Ĉu ni arangu konkurson? Merda pugulo! Fia rasisto! Ĉu mi daŭrigu?"- "Miserable piece of shit! Ignoble brat! You hear that? I can insult people, too. Nazi murderer! Lazy pig! Should we have a contest? Shitty asshole! Filthy racist! Should I continue?"
- Synonyms: kanajla, malnobla