† imbelliousadj.
Obsolete.
Unwarlike, cowardly.
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the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > not warlike
recreantc1330
unhardy1377
fightless1595
imbellious1602
unfighting1678
society > armed hostility > peace > pacific character or disposition > [adjective] > unwarlike
unwarlike1590
immartial1598
imbellious1602
imbellic1623
1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 357 The voluntarie subiection of this then imbellious Country.
1627 H. Burton Baiting Popes Bull 5 [They] cannot possesse generous Princes with an imbellious feare of such bruta fulmina.
1628 H. Burton Israels Fast 2 Ignoble and imbellious Spirits.
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