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pusillanimous

(adj): lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful
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4 months ago Inkstains said:

Lily-livered.

:)

5 months ago qroqqa said:

JIMMY: I looked up that word the other day. It's one of those words I've never been quite sure of, but always thought I knew.

CLIFF: What was that?

JIMMY: I told you—pusillanimous. Do you know what it means?

Cliff shakes his head.

Neither did I really. All this time, I have been married to this woman, this monument to non-attachment, and suddenly I discover that there is actually a word that sums her up. Not just an adjective in the English language to describe her with—it's her name! Pusillanimous! It sounds like some fleshy Roman matron, doesn't it? The Lady Pusillanimous seen here with her husband Sextus, on their way to the Games.

—John Osborne, Look Back in Anger

about 1 year ago chained_bear said:

Hmmm... The Wiz.... *thinks*

about 1 year ago reesetee said:

I always think of the Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz (the movie). The Wiz uses this word on him.

about 1 year ago dontcry said:

I believe it is. A small-ish one with little cat feet and a large feather on the top of his head.

about 1 year ago chained_bear said:

Isn't that a dinosaur of some kind?

about 1 year ago dontcry said:

Makes me think of pussinbootsimous

about 1 year ago Milosrdenstvi said:

Shrivel and die, you pusillanimous wimp!

-- SMAC insult given to head of U.N.

about 1 year ago renumeratedfrog said:

I guess this is an onomatopoeia because it sounds similar to what it means.

about 1 year ago tonya said:

"Don't be such a pussy cat!" is how I remember this :).

about 1 year ago jeffazi said:

Lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution; contemptibly fearful.

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