Pusillanimity

  • 1Pusillanimity — Pu sil*la*nim i*ty, n. [L. pusillanimitas: cf. F. pusillanimit[ e].] The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness. [1913 Webster] The badge of pusillanimity and cowardice. Shak. [1913 Webster] It is obvious to… …

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  • 2pusillanimity — index fear Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3pusillanimity — late 14c., from Fr. pusillanimité (14c.), from L.L. pusillanimitas (4c.), from L. pusillanimus (see PUSILLANIMOUS (Cf. pusillanimous)) …

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  • 4pusillanimity — noun The quality or state of being pusillanimous; the vice of being timid and cowardly, and thus not living up to ones full potential; pusillanimousness. 132. And although thou often fallest, and seest thy Pusillanimity, and endeavour to get… …

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  • 5pusillanimity — pusillanimous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lacking courage; timid. DERIVATIVES pusillanimity noun. ORIGIN from Latin pusillus very small + animus mind …

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  • 6pusillanimity — noun Date: 14th century the quality or state of being pusillanimous ; cowardliness …

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  • 7pusillanimity — /pyooh seuh leuh nim i tee/, n. the state or condition of being pusillanimous; timidity; cowardliness. [1350 1400; ME < LL pusillanimitas. See PUSILLANIMOUS, ITY] * * * …

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  • 8pusillanimity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Ignoble lack of courage: chickenheartedness, cowardice, cowardliness, cravenness, dastardliness, faint heartedness, funk, unmanliness. Slang: gutlessness, yellowness, yellow streak. See FEAR …

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  • 9pusillanimity — pu·sil·la·nim·i·ty || ‚pjuːsɪlÉ™ nɪmÉ™tɪ n. cowardliness, timidity, fearfulness …

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  • 10pusillanimity — n. Cowardice, cowardliness, timidity, poltroonery, recreancy, dastardliness, meanspiritedness, pusillanimousness, effeminacy, faintheartedness, fear …

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