poltroonery

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Cowardice; lack of spirit; pusillanimity. countable,uncountable
    — 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.

词形变化

poltrooneries plural

词源

Etymology tree
English poltroon
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Latin -ia
Old French -ie
Old French -eriebor.
Middle English -erie
English -ery
English poltroonery
From poltroon + -ery.
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