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extreme (in a negative sense such as misery, hopelessness, submissiveness, cruelty, or cowardice)
- They are strong and hardy, but of a cowardly spirit, and, by consequence, insolent, abject, and cruel.Part 4 — A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnms (59% in)
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