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, 1084; as incentive to envy, 1330; vice against greatness of soul, 2451 a.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
Zululand, my Zululand: Personified Pusillanimity Hath ta'en thee from the bravest of the brave!
From The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded by Shaw, Bernard
Pusillanimity disposeth men to Irresolution, and consequently to lose the occasions, and fittest opportunities of action.
From Leviathan by Hobbes, Thomas
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 was a word which neither of my forebears could ever learn to use.
From R. Holmes & Co. by Bangs, John Kendrick
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