poltrooneryn.

Brit.

/pɒlˈtruːn(ə)ri/, U.S.

/pɑlˈtrunəri/,

/poʊlˈtrunəri/

Forms: 1500s pultronorie, 1600s poltronery, 1600s poultrounerie, 1600s pultronrie (Scottish), 1700s– poltroonery.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: poltroon n., -ery suffix.

Etymology: < poltroon n. + -ery suffix, after Italian poltronería laziness (1353). Compare Middle French, French poltronnerie action of a lazy person (1560), laziness (1573), cowardice (1574), cowardly act (1589).

Behaviour characteristic of a poltroon; cowardice, pusillanimity; (formerly also) †laziness (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun]

sleuthc888

sweernessc888

slacknessc897

unlustOE

aswolkenessc1000

slothc1175

sweeringa1300

sloth-head1303

unlusthead1340

nicetya1387

sluggardy1390

sluggardness1398

nicehead1440

musardryc1450

slugnessc1450

lashness1477

sweerdomc1480

truantness1483

passibilityc1485

sleuthfulness1488

sluggardry1513

slothfulness1526

sluggardise1532

luskishness1538

desidiousnessa1540

ocivity1550

restiness?c1550

niceness1557

laziness1580

easinessa1586

poltroonery1590

facility1615

pigritude1623

pigrity1623

otiosity1632

easefulnessa1639

dronishness1674

reasiness1679

indolence1710

accidity1730

indolency1741

lurgy1769

donothingness1814

far niente1819

oisivity1830

donothingism1839

dronage1846

lotus-eating1852

faineance1853

faineancy1854

bummerism1858

lazyhood1866

bone-laziness1875

sleevelessness1882

bummery1887

sluggardliness1977

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

wickedness1487

dastardness1519

currishness1542

dastardliness1561

dastardy1588

poltroonery1590

beggar-fear1597

dastardice1603

poorness1625

low-spiritedness1641

poltroonism1644

sheepiness1663

cravenness1850

1590 R. Hitchcock tr. F. Sansovino Quintesence of Wit f. 35^v Firste they are industrious, suppliant, modest, and after with pultronorie and in pride doo lead their age.

a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady iii. vi. 36 in Wks. (1640) III There's no Cowardize, No Poultrounerie, like urging why? wherefore?

1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 125 That 'tis laziness and poltronery to retire from the Government to spend our age in ease.

1734 J. Breval Hist. House of Nassau 193 The Commanding Officer, whose Poltroonery in giving up a Town of that Importance..was deservedly punish'd with Prison for Life.

1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) II. 608/2 His poltroonery and mean submission..deserve the greatest reproach.

1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xviii. 187 I retained presence of mind enough not to make my position yet more irksome, by the poltroonery of drawing back.

1897 W. E. Gladstone Eastern Crisis 11 Counsels that had hitherto resulted in a concert of miserable poltroonery.

1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson xxii. 319 A coward, piling profligacy on poltroonery? Or a hero, claiming exemption from moral law?

1990 Newsweek 16 Apr. 10/2 It's time to cut through the political poltroonery. And it's time for some plain old-fashioned common sense.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poltroonery
释义	poltrooneryn. Brit. /pɒlˈtruːn(ə)ri/, U.S. /pɑlˈtrunəri/, /poʊlˈtrunəri/ Forms: 1500s pultronorie, 1600s poltronery, 1600s poultrounerie, 1600s pultronrie (Scottish), 1700s– poltroonery. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on an Italian lexical item. Etymons: poltroon n., -ery suffix. Etymology: < poltroon n. + -ery suffix, after Italian poltronería laziness (1353). Compare Middle French, French poltronnerie action of a lazy person (1560), laziness (1573), cowardice (1574), cowardly act (1589). Behaviour characteristic of a poltroon; cowardice, pusillanimity; (formerly also) †laziness (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] sleuthc888 sweernessc888 slacknessc897 unlustOE aswolkenessc1000 slothc1175 sweeringa1300 sloth-head1303 unlusthead1340 nicetya1387 sluggardy1390 sluggardness1398 nicehead1440 musardryc1450 slugnessc1450 lashness1477 sweerdomc1480 truantness1483 passibilityc1485 sleuthfulness1488 sluggardry1513 slothfulness1526 sluggardise1532 luskishness1538 desidiousnessa1540 ocivity1550 restiness?c1550 niceness1557 laziness1580 easinessa1586 poltroonery1590 facility1615 pigritude1623 pigrity1623 otiosity1632 easefulnessa1639 dronishness1674 reasiness1679 indolence1710 accidity1730 indolency1741 lurgy1769 donothingness1814 far niente1819 oisivity1830 donothingism1839 dronage1846 lotus-eating1852 faineance1853 faineancy1854 bummerism1858 lazyhood1866 bone-laziness1875 sleevelessness1882 bummery1887 sluggardliness1977 the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] > base cowardice wickedness1487 dastardness1519 currishness1542 dastardliness1561 dastardy1588 poltroonery1590 beggar-fear1597 dastardice1603 poorness1625 low-spiritedness1641 poltroonism1644 sheepiness1663 cravenness1850 1590 R. Hitchcock tr. F. Sansovino Quintesence of Wit f. 35^v Firste they are industrious, suppliant, modest, and after with pultronorie and in pride doo lead their age. a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady iii. vi. 36 in Wks. (1640) III There's no Cowardize, No Poultrounerie, like urging why? wherefore? 1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 125 That 'tis laziness and poltronery to retire from the Government to spend our age in ease. 1734 J. Breval Hist. House of Nassau 193 The Commanding Officer, whose Poltroonery in giving up a Town of that Importance..was deservedly punish'd with Prison for Life. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives (1879) II. 608/2 His poltroonery and mean submission..deserve the greatest reproach. 1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xviii. 187 I retained presence of mind enough not to make my position yet more irksome, by the poltroonery of drawing back. 1897 W. E. Gladstone Eastern Crisis 11 Counsels that had hitherto resulted in a concert of miserable poltroonery. 1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson xxii. 319 A coward, piling profligacy on poltroonery? Or a hero, claiming exemption from moral law? 1990 Newsweek 16 Apr. 10/2 It's time to cut through the political poltroonery. And it's time for some plain old-fashioned common sense. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1590
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