Word of the Day 8.28.9

pusillanimous

pu·sil·lan·i·mous (pys-ln-ms)

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.

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Adj.

1.

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

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

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