Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - pusillanimous
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adj. lacking courage; timid. Derivatives pusillanimity n. pusillanimously adv. Etymology: eccl.L pusillanimis f. pusillus very small + animus mind ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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If you say that someone is pusillanimous, you mean that they are timid or afraid. (FORMAL) The authorities have been too pusillanimous in merely condemning the violence. = cowardly ? valiant ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj formal frightened of taking even small risks - pusillanimously adv - pusillanimity n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 15c., from L.L. pusillanimis "having little courage" (used in Church L. to translate Gk. oligopsychos "small-souled"), from L. pusillis "very weak, little" (dim. of pullus "young animal") + animus "spirit, courage." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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