Associations to the word «Pusillanimity»

Wiktionary

PUSILLANIMITY, noun. The quality or state of being pusillanimous; the vice of being timid and cowardly, and thus not living up to one's full potential; pusillanimousness.

Dictionary definition

PUSILLANIMITY, noun. Contemptible fearfulness.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.