Poltroonery
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Poltroonery is a noun meaning Cowardice; lack of spirit; pusillanimity.
Meaning
Cowardice; lack of spirit; pusillanimity.
Example Sentences
“Your Majesty, your Majesty,” he said, “are you going to tolerate this mutiny, this poltroonery? This is a panic, this is a rout.”
Genius, Poet: do we know what these words mean? […] Nature’s own sacred voice heard once more athwart the dreary boundless element of hearsaying and canting, of twaddle and poltroonery, in which the bewildered Earth, nigh perishing, has lost its way.
Word Forms
- poltrooneries
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cowardice, cowardliness, cowardry, coward, plucklessness, couragelessness.
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