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pusillanimity

/pjuːsɪləˈnɪmɪti/

pusillanimity noun: the quality or state of being pusillanimous; the vice of being timid and cowardly, and thus not living up to one's full potential; pusillanimousness.

Noun

pusillanimity (countable and uncountable, plural pusillanimities)

  1. The quality or state of being pusillanimous; the vice of being timid and cowardly, and thus not living up to one's full potential; pusillanimousness.
    • The ſecond property of your excellent ſherris, is the vvarming of the blood, vvhich before (cold & ſetled) left the lyuer vvhite & pale, vvhich is the badge of puſilanimitie and covvardize: but the ſherris vvarmes it, and makes it courſe from the invvards to the partes extreames, […]c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600...
    • […] Puſillanimity; by vvhich that ſeems great to him, vvhich other men think a trifle: and vvhatſoever is nevv, or great, and therefore thought fit to be told, vvithdravves a man by degrees from the intended vvay of his diſcourſe.1651, Thomas Hobbes, “Of the Vertues Commonly Called Intellectual; and Their Contrary Defects”, in Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, London: […]...

pusillanimity meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

pusillanimity in Tamil

கோழைத்தனம், அச்சம், பேடித்தனம்

pusillanimity in Tagalog

being timid
kahinaang loob

Forms of pusillanimity

pluralpusillanimities

Origin of pusillanimity

From pusillanim(ous) + -ity, from Middle French pusillanimité, from the ecclesiastical Latin pusillanimis, from pusillus (puny) + animus (spirit) + -ous. A translation of the Greek ὀλιγόψυχος (oligópsukhos, “faint-hearted”).

Questions about pusillanimity

What does pusillanimity mean?
Pusillanimity means the quality or state of being pusillanimous; the vice of being timid and cowardly, and thus not living up to one's full potential; pusillanimousness.
What is pusillanimity in Tamil?
Pusillanimity in Tamil is கோழைத்தனம், அச்சம், பேடித்தனம். See Pusillanimity meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pusillanimity?
Pusillanimity is a noun.
How do you pronounce pusillanimity?
Pusillanimity is pronounced /pjuːsɪləˈnɪmɪti/.
What is the plural of pusillanimity?
The plural of pusillanimity is pusillanimities.

Words near pusillanimity in the dictionary

  1. pushwalls
  2. pushy
  3. pusil
  4. pusilanimous
  5. pusillanimities
  6. pusillanimity
  7. pusillanimous
  8. pusillanimously
  9. pusillanimousness
  10. Puskar
  11. Puskars

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