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pusillanimous

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Adjective

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pu=sil=lan=i=mous

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective pusillanimous has 1 sense

pusillanimous(s = adj.all) poor-spirited, unmanly - lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful; Array

Derived forms noun pusillanimity₁, noun pusillanimousness₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pusillanimous, a. [L. pusillanimis; pusillus very little (dim. of pusus a little boy; cf. puer a boy, E. puerile) + animus the mind: cf. F. pusillanime. See Animosity.].

Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; -- said of persons, as, a pusillanimous prince. [1913 Webster]
Evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and want of courage; feeble; as, pusillanimous counsels. Burke. [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Cowardly; dastardly; mean-spirited; fainthearted; timid; weak; feeble.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

pusillanimous, adj. lacking courage; timid.

Derivative

pusillanimity n. pusillanimously adv.

Etymology

eccl.L pusillanimis f. pusillus very small + animus mind

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