recreant

名词 recreant:

1. an abject coward
   同义词：poltroon, craven
2. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
   同义词：deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, ratter

形容词 recreant:

1. having deserted a cause or principle
   同义词：renegade
2. lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful- Spenser
   同义词：craven

1. You recreant knave!
   你这个不义之徒！

rec.re.ant

adj.（形容词）
Unfaithful or disloyal to a belief, duty, or cause.See Synonyms at faithless
叛逆的：不忠实或不忠诚于某种信仰、义务或事业参见 faithless
Craven or cowardly.
胆小的，怯懦的
n.（名词）
A faithless or disloyal person.
变节者：不忠实或不忠诚的人
A coward.
懦夫：胆小鬼

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French [present participle of] recroire [to remember]
源自 古法语 [] recroire的现在分词 [记忆]
from Medieval Latin recrôdere [to yield, pledge]
源自 中世纪拉丁语 recrôdere [放弃，发誓]
Latin re- [re-]
拉丁语 re- [前缀re-]
Latin crôdere [to believe] * see kerd-
拉丁语 crôdere [相信] *参见 kerd-

【引伸】
rec.reance 或
rec.reancy
n.（名词）
rec.reantly
adv.（副词）