单词 | poltroon |
释义 | poltroon —poltroonery, n. —poltroonish, adj. —poltroonishly, adv. /pol troohn"/, n. 1. a wretched coward; craven. adj. 2. marked by utter cowardice. [1520-30; earlier pultrowne, pultron, poultroone < MF poultron < OIt poltrone idler, coward, deriv. of poltro foal < VL *pulliter, deriv. of L pullus young animal; see FOAL] Syn. 1. dastard. |
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