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Definition of Pusillanimousness
1. Noun. Contemptible fearfulness.
Generic synonyms: Fearfulness
Specialized synonyms: Poltroonery
Derivative terms: Pusillanimous, Pusillanimous
Definition of Pusillanimousness
1. Noun. pusillanimity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pusillanimousness
Literary usage of Pusillanimousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1908)
"Further along, in referring to the ''insolent pusillanimousness with which the
average publisher conducts his concerns," this high- toned representative of ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"pusillanimousness,(pu-pil-an'-e>mn»- nes) n. ». Meanness of spirit.
PUSILLANIMOUSLY,(pu-sil-an'-e-mus-le) ad. With pusillanimity. FUSS, (pns) n. ». ..."
3. Our Day (1889)
"The worst of all was that a veritable pusillanimousness had taken possession of
that part of the people that really wanted the law enforced. ..."
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