† micropsychyn.

Forms: 1600s micropseachy, 1600s micropseuchy, 1600s micropsychy, 1600s mycropsychie.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μικροψυχία.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μικροψυχία littleness of soul, pusillanimity < μικρόψυχος pusillanimous ( < μικρο- micro- comb. form + ψυχή : see psyche n.) + -ία -ia suffix¹. Compare megalopsychy n.

Obsolete.

Pusillanimity, timidity, faint-heartedness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun]

arghtha1250

arghshipc1275

faintise1297

cowardicec1300

cowardshipc1330

arghness1340

arghhoodc1350

sheepnessc1380

pusillanimitya1393

cowardnessa1400

neshnessa1400

cowardyc1405

lithernessc1425

lashness1477

cowardrya1547

meagreness?1553

cowardliness1556

micropsychy1651

buzzardism1659

stanielry1659

manlessness1667

cow-heartedness1718

pusillanimousness1727

chicken-heartedness1808

infortitude1813

plucklessness1824

white-featherism1843

cold feet1893

yellow1893

liver-heartedness1897

yellowness1909

1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 149 The powers..being..exanimated into a dull and faint mycropsychie.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xvii. 259 To what purpose didst thou kneel for a Licence, if thou wilt not take the liberty to fight? Though Cyd Hameti Benengeli doth not discover the reason of this Micropseuchy [printed Micropseachy] of the Don.

1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Micropsychy, feeble courage, faintness of heart.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) List Barbarous Words Micropsychy, pusillanimity, narrowness of soul, poorness of spirit.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	micropsychy
释义	† micropsychyn. Forms: 1600s micropseachy, 1600s micropseuchy, 1600s micropsychy, 1600s mycropsychie. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μικροψυχία. Etymology: < ancient Greek μικροψυχία littleness of soul, pusillanimity < μικρόψυχος pusillanimous ( < μικρο- micro- comb. form + ψυχή : see psyche n.) + -ία -ia suffix¹. Compare megalopsychy n. Obsolete. Pusillanimity, timidity, faint-heartedness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] arghtha1250 arghshipc1275 faintise1297 cowardicec1300 cowardshipc1330 arghness1340 arghhoodc1350 sheepnessc1380 pusillanimitya1393 cowardnessa1400 neshnessa1400 cowardyc1405 lithernessc1425 lashness1477 cowardrya1547 meagreness?1553 cowardliness1556 micropsychy1651 buzzardism1659 stanielry1659 manlessness1667 cow-heartedness1718 pusillanimousness1727 chicken-heartedness1808 infortitude1813 plucklessness1824 white-featherism1843 cold feet1893 yellow1893 liver-heartedness1897 yellowness1909 1651 N. Biggs Matæotechnia Medicinæ Praxeωs 149 The powers..being..exanimated into a dull and faint mycropsychie. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xvii. 259 To what purpose didst thou kneel for a Licence, if thou wilt not take the liberty to fight? Though Cyd Hameti Benengeli doth not discover the reason of this Micropseuchy [printed Micropseachy] of the Don. 1674 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 4) Micropsychy, feeble courage, faintness of heart. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) List Barbarous Words Micropsychy, pusillanimity, narrowness of soul, poorness of spirit.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1651
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