Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pusillanimity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pusillanimity \Pu`sil*la*nim"i*ty\, n. [L. pusillanimitas: cf.
F. pusillanimit['e].]
The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit;
cowardliness.
The badge of pusillanimity and cowardice. --Shak.
It is obvious to distinguished between an act of . . .
pusillanimity and an act of great modesty or humility.
--South.
Syn: Cowardliness; cowardice; fear; timidity.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pusillanimity
n : contemptible fearfulness [syn: {pusillanimousness}]
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