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wuss

 
(wʊs) pronunciation
n. Slang
A person regarded as weak or timid and especially as unmanly: "Cats are for wusses, dog men say" (Laura Blumenfeld).

[Probably blend of WIMP and PUSSY1.]

wussy wuss'y adj.

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noun,, orig US

An ineffectual person. (1984 —) .

[Prob. a back-formation from wussy ineffectual, of unknown origin.]


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