WORD FOR THE DAY(2/5/18)Pusillanimous

2/5/18

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WORD FOR THE DAY(1/22/18)Pusillanimous



• Definition of pusillanimous

: lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity

— pusillanimously

adverb

First Known Use: 15th century

Examples of pusillanimous in a Sentence

1. pusillanimous politicians who vote according to whichever way the political wind is blowing

Did You Know?

Do you know someone who has a small, weak spirit, someone whose reserve of inner strength is too small to draw from in times of danger and adversity? If so, you'll find pusillanimous to be the perfect descriptor for that person. The Latin roots of this derisive adjective are pusillus, meaning "very small" (and related to pusus, meaning "boy") and animus, which means "spirit" and is the ancestor to many words in our language, including "animal" and "animate." Pusillanimous first appeared in English in the 16th century, but it gained prominence in the 1970s when Vice President Spiro Agnew famously accused his ideological rivals of "pusillanimous pussyfooting." And despite what you may have heard, pusillanimous does not serve as the basis for pussyfoot, pussycat, or a certain related vulgarism.

Origin and Etymology of pusillanimous

Late Latin pusillanimis, from Latin pusillus very small (diminutive of pusus boy) + animus spirit; perhaps akin to Latin puer child — more at puerile, animate pusillanimous Synonyms

Synonyms chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, craven, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], poltroon, cowardly, recreant, spineless, unheroic, yellow

Antonyms brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, hardy, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous

Related Words diffident, fainthearted, fearful, timid, timorous; afraid, frightened, scared; careful, cautious, wary; bashful, coy, shy; feeble, soft, unmanly, weak

Near Antonyms audacious, bold, brazen, cheeky, nervy; plucky, spirited, spunky; determined, resolute

Synonym Discussion of pusillanimous

cowardly, pusillanimous, craven, dastardly mean having or showing a lack of courage. cowardly implies a weak or ignoble lack of courage. ◦ ⟨a cowardly failure to stand up for principle⟩

pusillanimous suggests a contemptible lack of courage. ◦ ⟨the pusillanimous fear of a future full of possibility⟩

craven suggests extreme defeatism and complete lack of resistance. ◦ ⟨secretly despised her own craven yes-men⟩

dastardly often implies behavior that is both cowardly and treacherous or skulking or outrageous. ◦ ⟨a dastardly attack on unarmed civilians⟩

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AND, I DO believe it was I who suggested the word “Pusillanimous”. Although I am SURE Mr. Laz would have come up with it eventually. He is a very erudite kind of guy! :-)

I LOVED that thread, and visited it every day.

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Yes, and they made complete and utter fools of themselves.

Some fiddled like Nero
With smart phone devices
Some fiddled with dentures,
And some had a crisis
One ran down the aisle
Like a groom with cold feet
Others sat through the Anthem,
Super Glued to their seat.
The demons in black
Looked just like a coven
Perhaps it’s been decades
Since they’ve had any lovin’!

[TruthShallSetYouFree]

Excellent!

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Why Thank You! :-)

I loved your Limerick too! ;-)

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The mist/fog turned to light rain just before noon, so we had to stop work for the day-

With all the leaks and memogate
Each day brings new disclosure-
The pusillanimous and the rabid
Are writhing from the exposure

Of Comey, McCabe and others
Entrenched in an illegal plot
Hatched by Hillary’s minions
That promoted a coup de e’tat

And now they have been busted
Their plan crashed and derailed
It will be delicious if they fear
Being brought down and jailed...

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Posted on June 6, 2016 at 9:17 AM by Lazamataz

It is 228 days, 1 hour, 46 minutes, 1 second until the stuttering pusillanimous defiling unctuous disgusting puerile venal Marxism-loving corrupt unaccomplished sacrilegious crazed arrogant sanctimonious mercurial Christophobic nefarious Republican-enabled hoplophobia-consumed belligerent insolent jejune contentious deleterious lying repulsive pugnacious brazenly-hypocritical imperious globalist preening maniacal disdainful Godless opportunistic trifling insincere ruinous prideful petty heinous autocratic twisted reality-inverting perverse Imperialist bragging transsexual-favoring sacrilegious insidious vengeful tricky oily pathetic artificial querulous haughty glib self-centered constantly-golfing despicable Che-idolizing demonic cocky nihilistic destructive Islamic ruthless tragedy-celebrating malevolent miscreant Caucasian-hating nasty loathsome homosexual Allah-worshiping failing criminal-coddling baneful patronizing oligarchist disastrous conspiracy-creating smug anti-American immodest freakish sissified thin-skinned toxic oppressive Internet-killing sociopathic hateful racist Mohammad-loving traitorous evil supercilious devious angry incompetent treasonous Supreme-Court-destroying threatening middle-finger-waving heartless breacher-of-trust socialist petulant conceited deviant violence-provoking Constitution-ignoring malignant provocational queer narcissist noxious Saboteur-In-Chief illegal hideous dreadful Satanic communist gay crack-smoking pernicious Kenyan crypto-muslim mendacious dictator usurping Choom-smoking so-called-president “Stompy-Foot” Obama, who is now a confirmed supporter of Islamic terrorists, leaves office.

(I keep a Glossary of Flames)