poltroonery

  • 1Poltroonery — Pol*troon er*y, n. [F. poltronnerie; cf. It. poltroneria.] Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2poltroonery — noun Cowardice; want of spirit; pusillanimity. Genius, Poet: do we know what these words mean? […] Nature’s own sacred voice heard once more athwart the dreary boundless element of hearsaying and canting, of twaddle and poltroonery, in which the… …

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  • 3poltroonery — noun Date: 1590 mean pusillanimity ; cowardice …

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  • 4poltroonery — See poltroon. * * * …

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  • 5poltroonery — n. Cowardice, baseness, dastardy, dastardliness, cowardliness, want of spirit …

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  • 6poltroonery — pol·troon·ery …

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  • 7poltroonery — /pɒlˈtrunəri/ (say pol troohnuhree) noun cowardice …

  • 8poltroonery — noun abject pusillanimity • Hypernyms: ↑pusillanimity, ↑pusillanimousness …

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  • 9poltroon — poltroonery, n. poltroonish, adj. poltroonishly, adv. /pol troohn /, n. 1. a wretched coward; craven. adj. 2. marked by utter cowardice. [1520 30; earlier pultrowne, pultron, poultroone < MF poultron < OIt poltrone idler, coward, deriv. of poltro …

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  • 10cowardice — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Shrinking from pain or danger Nouns 1. cowardice, cowardliness, pusillanimity, poltroonery, baseness; dastardliness; abject fear, funk; Dutch courage; fear, white feather, faint heart, timidity. Informal …

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