| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| pusillanimous |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pu·sil·lan·i·mous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  py  s -l n -ms |
| ADJECTIVE: | Lacking courage; cowardly. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English pusillanimus, from Late Latin pusillanimis : Latin pusillus, weak, diminutive of pullus, young of an animal; see pau- in Appendix I + animus, reason, mind; see an- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | pusil·lani·mous·ly —ADVERB
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