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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: dastard 'someone without courage, someone evil' (15-20 centuries), perhaps from Old Norse dæstr

dastardly

 adjective
     
dast‧ard‧ly old-fashioned
very cruel or evil:
tales of pirates and their dastardly deeds
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