Pusillanimous

Word of the Day for Wednesday 12^th November 2014

Pusillanimous \pyoo-suh-LAN-uh-muhs\

Adjective 1. Lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid. 2. Proceeding from or indicating a cowardly spirit.

Quotes

…in the intervals of their debauches of brutality they are oily and ingratiating, make favourites, offer pusillanimous apologies, protest humane intentions, and allege absurd excuses for past outages. -- Julian Hawthorne, The Subterranean Brotherhood, 1914

Origin

Pusillanimous is derived from the Latin words pusillis meaning "small" and animus meaning "spirit." It entered English in the late 1500’s. Thanks to: www.dictionary.com