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pusillanimous
(encz) | pusillanimous,bojácný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pusillanimous
(encz) | pusillanimous,ustrašený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Pusillanimous
(gcide) | 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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pusillanimous
(wn) | pusillanimous
adj 1: lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution;
contemptibly fearful [syn: pusillanimous, {poor-
spirited}, unmanly] |
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pusillanimous
(encz) | pusillanimous,bojácný adj: Zdeněk Brožpusillanimous,ustrašený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
pusillanimously
(encz) | pusillanimously,ustrašeně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
pusillanimousness
(encz) | pusillanimousness,neodvážnost n: Zdeněk Brožpusillanimousness,ustrašenost n: Zdeněk Brožpusillanimousness,zbabělost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Pusillanimously
(gcide) | Pusillanimously \Pu`sil*lan"i*mous*ly\
(p[=u]`s[i^]l*l[a^]n"[i^]*m[u^]s*l[y^]), adv.
With pusillanimity.
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pusillanimous
(wn) | pusillanimous
adj 1: lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution;
contemptibly fearful [syn: pusillanimous, {poor-
spirited}, unmanly] |
pusillanimously
(wn) | pusillanimously
adv 1: with a lack of courage and determination; "simperingly,
the accused begged for mercy" [syn: pusillanimously,
simperingly] |
pusillanimousness
(wn) | pusillanimousness
n 1: contemptible fearfulness [syn: pusillanimity,
pusillanimousness] |
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