adj.
Lacking courage; cowardly.
[Middle English pusillanimus, from Late Latin pusillanimis : Latin pusillus, weak, diminutive of pullus, young of an animal + animus, reason, mind.]
pusillanimously pu'sil·lan'i·mous·ly adv.
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