— 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 poultron poltrone idler, coward, deriv. of poltro foal pulliter, deriv. of L pullus young animal; see FOAL ]
Syn. 1. dastard.