Poltroonery
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 abject pusillanimity wordnet
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More examples"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."
Etymology
From poltroon + -ery.