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ˈpoor-ˌspirited, a.
Having or showing a poor spirit (cf. quot. 1611 s.v. poor a. 5 b); † having a paltry spirit, low-minded (obs.); deficient in spirit or courage, cowardly.
1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals ii. ii. 170 Certain pittifull and poor-spirited reasons. 1710Norris Chr. Prud. viii. 363 That sottish and poor-spirited Vice, the Vice of Covetousness. 1749Fielding Tom Jones iii. v, Master Blifil was generally called a sneaking rascal, a poor-spirited wretch, with other epithets of the like kind. 1860Geo. Eliot Mill on Fl. iii. i, Mr. Tulliver would never have asked anything from so poor-spirited a fellow for himself.
Hence ˌpoor-ˈspiritedness.
1662W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. verse 19. xiii. §2 (1669) 515/2 Ye that think it childish and poor-spiritedness to weep at a Sermon. 1898R. F. Horton Commandm. Jesus iv. 50 He does not praise poverty as such, still less does He refer to what we mean by poor-spiritedness. |