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POLTROONERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poltroonery mean?
• POLTROONERY (noun)
The noun POLTROONERY has 1 sense:
1. abject pusillanimity
Familiarity information: POLTROONERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abject pusillanimity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("poltroonery" is a kind of...):
pusillanimity; pusillanimousness (contemptible fearfulness)
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