pusillanimity
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pusillanimity
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Late Latin word pusillanimitās. See pusillanimous, -ity
Example Sentences
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Pusillanimity was a word which neither of my forebears could ever learn to use.
From R. Holmes & Co. by Bangs, John Kendrick
And therefore much Laughter at the defects of others is a signe of Pusillanimity.
From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas
On the contrary, Pusillanimity and magnanimity differ as greatness and littleness of soul, as their very names denote.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
Pusillanimity, and pretence, in regard to those Philippics in which he seems to have courted death by every harsh word that he uttered!
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony
Pusillanimity disposeth men to Irresolution, and consequently to lose the occasions, and fittest opportunities of action.
From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas
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