poltroon
101coward — [n] person who is scared, easily intimidated alarmist, baby*, caitiff, chicken*, chicken heart*, chicken liver*, craven, cur, dastard, deserter, faintheart, faint of heart, fraidy cat*, funk, gutless*, invertebrate*, jellyfish*, lily liver,… …
102craven — [adj] weak, timid chicken*, cowardly, dastardly, fearful, gutless, lily livered*, meanspirited, poltroonish, pusillanimous, scared, timorous, weak kneed*, wimpish*, wimpy*, wussy*, yellow*, yellow bellied*; concepts 401,550 Ant. bold, brave,… …
103Scaramouch — [skar′ə mo͞osh΄, skar′əmo͞och΄] n. [Fr Scaramouche < It Scaramuccia, lit., a SKIRMISH] 1. a stock character in old Italian comedy, depicted as a braggart and poltroon 2. [s ] a boastful coward or rascal …
104nithing — noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nīthing, from Old Norse nīthingr, from nīth scorn, contumely + ingr ing; Old Norse nīth akin to Old English nīth envy, hatred, strife, Old High German nīd envy, hatred, Gothic neith envy and… …
105das|tard — «DAS tuhrd», noun, adjective. –n. a mean coward; sneak; poltroon. –adj. mean and cowardly; sneaking; dastardly. ╂[Middle English dastard (originally) a dullard, apparently < dased, past participle of dasen to daze] …
106pol|troon|er|y — «pol TROO nuhr ee», noun. the behavior of a poltroon; cowardice …
107pol|troon´ish|ly — pol|troon|ish «pol TROO nihsh», adjective. like a poltroon; cowardly. –pol|troon´ish|ly, adverb …
108pol|troon|ish — «pol TROO nihsh», adjective. like a poltroon; cowardly. –pol|troon´ish|ly, adverb …
109pol|troon — «pol TROON», noun, adjective. –n. a wretched coward: »What a miserable little poltroon had fear…made of me (Charlotte Brontë). –adj. base; cowardly; contemptible. ╂[< Middle French poltrôn < Italian poltrone (originally) colt, coward… …
110pultis — pultis(e, oss, pultre, pultron(e, oon, owne obs. ff. poultice, poultry, poltroon …
