Definitioner på det engelske udtryk "pusillanimous"
Merriam-Webster: lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity
ex.:"pusillanimous politicians who vote according to whichever way the political wind is blowing"
Etymologi: Late Latin pusillanimis, from Latin pusillus very small (diminutive of pusus boy) + animus spirit; perhaps akin to Latin puer child
First Known Use: 1586
Synonymer
chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, craven, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], poltroon, cowardly, recreant, spineless, unheroic, yellow
Antonymer
brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, hardy, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous
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Det var bare det.
Merriam-Webster: lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity
ex.:"pusillanimous politicians who vote according to whichever way the political wind is blowing"
Etymologi: Late Latin pusillanimis, from Latin pusillus very small (diminutive of pusus boy) + animus spirit; perhaps akin to Latin puer child
First Known Use: 1586
Synonymer
chicken, chickenhearted, chicken-livered, craven, dastardly, gutless, lily-livered, milk-livered [archaic], poltroon, cowardly, recreant, spineless, unheroic, yellow
Antonymer
brave, courageous, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, gallant, greathearted, gutsy, hardy, heroic (also heroical), intrepid, lionhearted, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, valiant, valorous
Se det er der jo ikke meget vagina over.
Det var bare det.