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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pusillanimous
pusillanimous
adj : lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution;
contemptibly fearful [syn:
poor-spirited,
unmanly]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Pusillanimous
Pusillanimous
\Pu`sil*lan"i*mous\, 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.]
1. 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.
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2. Evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and want
of courage; feeble; as, pusillanimous counsels.
“A low
and pusillanimous spirit.” --Burke.
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Syn: Cowardly; dastardly; mean-spirited; fainthearted; timid;
weak; feeble.
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