pusillanimous

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adj.

Lacking courage; cowardly.

[Middle English pusillanimus, from Late Latin pusillanimis : Latin pusillus, weak, diminutive of pullus, young of an animal; see pau-¹ in Indo-European roots + animus, reason, mind; see an- in Indo-European roots.]

pusil·lani·mous·ly adv.

pusillanimous [ˌpjuːsɪˈlænɪməs]

adj

characterized by a lack of courage or determination

[from Late Latin pusillanimis from Latin pusillus weak + animus courage]

pusillanimity [ˌpjuːsɪləˈnɪmɪtɪ] n

pusillanimously adv

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Adj.

pusillanimous - lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

poor-spirited, unmanly

cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

pusillanimous

adjective (Formal) cowardly, timid, spineless, craven, yellow (informal), weak, fearful, feeble, abject, gutless (informal), timorous, faint-hearted, recreant (archaic), chicken-hearted, lily-livered The authorities are too pusillanimous to deal with this situation.
brave, daring, bold, heroic, courageous, fearless, gallant, intrepid, valiant, plucky, dauntless, valorous

Translations

pusillanimous [ˌpjuːsɪˈlænɪməs] ADJ → pusilánime

pusillanimous [ˌpjuːsɪˈlænɪməs] (formal) adj (= cowardly) → pusillanime

pusillanimous

adj (liter) → unbeherzt, feige

pusillanimous [ˌpjuːsɪˈlænɪməs] adj → pusillanime

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There are such women, and they will love you just as readily as any pusillanimous product of bourgeois sheltered life.

Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context

"We have again become pious"--so do those apostates confess; and some of them are still too pusillanimous thus to confess.

Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context

This counsel was indignantly derided by M'Lellan as pusillanimous.

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

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