英语词汇“poltroon”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	poltroon
释义	Trends of poltroon View usage for: poltroon in British English (pɒlˈtruːn) or poultroone noun 1. an abject or contemptible coward adjective 2. a rare word for cowardly Word origin C16: from Old French poultron, from Old Italian poltrone lazy good-for-nothing, apparently from poltrīre to lie indolently in bed, from poltro bed poltroon in American English (pɑlˈtrun) noun 1. a thorough coward; craven adjective 2. cowardly Derived forms poltroonery (polˈtroonery) (pɑlˈtrunəri) noun Word origin Fr poltron < It poltrone, coward < poltro, colt < VL pulliter, prob. < pullus, young animal, chick: see poultry Synonyms of 'poltroon' chicken, coward, craven, skunk More Synonyms of poltroon* (noun) in the sense of coward Definition a complete coward (obsolete) Synonyms chicken (slang) coward The man's just a lily-livered coward. craven skunk (informal) cur yellow-belly (slang) recreant (archaic) caitiff (archaic) dastard (archaic) Additional synonyms in the sense of craven Definition a coward Synonyms coward, caitiff (archaic), dastard (archaic), base fellow (archaic) Nearby words of poltroon poll pollute pollution poltroon polychromatic pomp pomposity Synonyms of 'poltroon' poltroon Explore 'poltroon' in the dictionary
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