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Definition of Poor-spirited
1. Adjective. Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful.
Similar to: Cowardly, Fearful
Derivative terms: Pusillanimity, Pusillanimousness, Unmanliness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poor-spirited
Literary usage of Poor-spirited
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mornings in the College Chapel: Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal by Francis Greenwood Peabody (1898)
"It sometimes seems as if Christians thought that to be poor in spirit one must
be poor-spirited —a limp and spiritless creature, without dash, or vigor, ..."
2. The British Pulpit: A Collection of Sermons by the Most Eminent Divines of (1843)
"The poor- spirited are those who act below the dignity of a man, ... These are
your true poor-spirited beings. But there are other shades of the character ..."
3. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"Well! he had never been one of those poor-spirited sneaks who would refuse to
... Mr. Tulliver would never have asked for any thing from so poor-spirited a ..."
4. Expository Notes, with Practical Observations, on the New Testament by William Burkitt (1844)
"'Tis not said, blessed art the poor-spirited, but, the poor in spirit. Such as
act below and beneath themselves as men and as Christians, these are poor- ..."
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