Pusillanimous
91anə- — To breathe. Oldest form *ə₂enə₁ , colored to *ə₂anə₁ . Suffixed form *anə mo . a. anima, animadvert, animal, animate, animato, animism, animosity, animus; equanimity …
92pau- — I. pau 1 Few, little. Oldest form *peə₂u , colored to *paə₂u . Derivatives include few, pauper, foal, pony, and pullet. I. Adjectival form *pau , few, little. 1 …
93cowardly — cowardliness, n. /kow euhrd lee/, adj. 1. lacking courage; contemptibly timid. 2. characteristic of or befitting a coward; despicably mean, covert, or unprincipled: a cowardly attack on a weak, defenseless man. adv. 3. like a coward. [1275 1325;… …
94craven — cravenly, adv. cravenness, n. /kray veuhn/, adj. 1. cowardly; contemptibly timid; pusillanimous. n. 2. a coward. 3. cry craven, to yield; capitulate; give up. v.t. 4. to make cowardly. [1175 1225; ME cravant, cravaunde defeated < OF craventé, ptp …
95Elizabeth I — (Elizabeth Tudor) 1533 1603, queen of England 1558 1603 (successor of Mary I; daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn). * * * born Sept. 7, 1533, Greenwich, near London, Eng. died March 24, 1603, Richmond, Surrey Queen of England (1558–1603).… …
96faint — fainter, n. faintingly, adv. faintish, adj. faintishness, n. faintly, adv. faintness, n. /faynt/, adj., fainter, faintest, v., n. adj …
97lily-livered — /lil ee liv euhrd/, adj. weak or lacking in courage; cowardly; pusillanimous. [1595 1605; LILY + LIVER1 + ED3] * * * …
98recreant — recreance, recreancy, n. recreantly, adv. /rek ree euhnt/, adj. 1. cowardly or craven. 2. unfaithful, disloyal, or traitorous. n. 3. a coward. 4. an apostate, traitor, or renegade. [1300 50; ME < OF, adj. and n. use of prp. of recreire to yield… …
99tame — tamely, adv. tameness, n. tamer, n. /taym/, adj., tamer, tamest, v., tamed, taming. adj. 1. changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear. 2. without the savageness or fear of humans normal in wild animals; g …
100World War I — the war fought mainly in Europe and the Middle East, between the Central Powers and the Allies, beginning on July 28, 1914, and ending on November 11, 1918, with the collapse of the Central Powers. Abbr.: WWI Also called Great War, War of the… …
