poltroon

pol·troon  (pl-trn)

n.

A base coward: "Every moment of the fashion industry's misery is richly deserved by the designers . . . and magazine poltroons who perpetuate this absurd creation" (Nina Totenberg).

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[French poltron, from Old Italian poltrone, coward, idler, perhaps augmentative of poltro, unbroken colt (from Vulgar Latin *pulliter, from Latin pullus, young animal; see pau-¹ in Indo-European roots) or from poltro, bed, lazy.]

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pol·trooner·y n.

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poltroon [pɒlˈtruːn]

n

an abject or contemptible coward

adj

a rare word for cowardly

[from Old French poultron, from Old Italian poltrone lazy good-for-nothing, apparently from poltrīre to lie indolently in bed, from poltro bed]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	poltroon - an abject coward craven, recreant coward - a person who shows fear or timidity
Adj.	1.	poltroon - characterized by complete cowardliness cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

Translations

poltroon (archaic) [pɒlˈtruːn] N → cobarde mf

poltroon

n (liter) → feiger Wicht, Memme f