PUSILLANIMOUS

pusillanimous, poor-spirited, unmanly

(adjective) lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

pusillanimous (comparative more pusillanimous, superlative most pusillanimous)

Showing ignoble cowardice, or contemptible timidity. [from 16th c.]

Source: Wiktionary

Pu`sil*lan"i*mous, a. Etym: [L. pusillannimis; 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 pussillanimous prince.

2. Evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and want of courage; feeble; as, pusillanimous counsels. "A low and pusillanimous spirit." Burke.

Syn.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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