'Pusillanimity' definitions:
Definition of 'pusillanimity'
(from WordNet)
noun
Contemptible fearfulness [syn: pusillanimity, pusillanimousness]
Definition of 'Pusillanimity'
From: GCIDE
- Pusillanimity \Pu`sil*la*nim"i*ty\, n. [L. pusillanimitas: cf. F. pusillanimit['e].] The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit; cowardliness. [1913 Webster]
- The badge of pusillanimity and cowardice. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- It is obvious to distinguished between an act of . . . pusillanimity and an act of great modesty or humility. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Cowardliness; cowardice; fear; timidity. [1913 Webster]