PUSHPIN
Push"pin`, n.
Defn: A child's game played with pins. L. Estrange.
PUSIL
Pu"sil, a. Etym: [L. pusillus very little.]
Defn: Very small; little; petty. [Obs.] Bacon.
PUSILLANIMITY Pu`sil*la*nim"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. pusillanimitas: cf. F. pusillanimité.]
Defn: The quality of being pusillanimous; weakness of spirit;
cowardliness.
The badge of pusillanimity and cowardice. Shak.
It is obvious to distinguished between an act of . . . pusillanimity
and an act of great modesty or humility. South.
Syn.
— Cowardliness; cowardice; fear; timidity.
PUSILLANIMOUS Pu`sil*lan"i*mous, a. Etym: [L. pusillannimis; pusillus very little (dim. of pusus a little boy; cf. puer a boy, E. puerile) + animus the mind: cf. F. pusillanime. See Animosity.]
1. Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; — said of persons, as, a pussillanimous prince.
2. Evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and want of courage; feeble; as, pusillanimous counsels. "A low and pusillanimous spirit." Burke.