† pusillityn.

Forms: 1600s pusillitie, 1600s pusillity.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pusillitās.

Etymology: < classical Latin pusillitās tininess, insignificance (2nd cent. a.d.) < pusillus pusill adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare slightly earlier perpusillity n., pusill adj.

Obsolete.

Smallness, meanness, weakness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > paltriness, meanness, or contempt > smallness of mind

littlenessa1400

slenderness?1542

pettiness1581

pettiship1581

pusillitya1620

petty-mindedness1853

naggle1865

puniness1871

chickenshit1944

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) Pref. sig. B4^v Mans most contemptible pusillitie & basenes.

1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 250 Without lessening God to the Pusillity of Man.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pusillity
释义	† pusillityn. Forms: 1600s pusillitie, 1600s pusillity. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pusillitās. Etymology: < classical Latin pusillitās tininess, insignificance (2nd cent. a.d.) < pusillus pusill adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare slightly earlier perpusillity n., pusill adj. Obsolete. Smallness, meanness, weakness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > paltriness, meanness, or contempt > smallness of mind littlenessa1400 slenderness?1542 pettiness1581 pettiship1581 pusillitya1620 petty-mindedness1853 naggle1865 puniness1871 chickenshit1944 a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) Pref. sig. B4^v Mans most contemptible pusillitie & basenes. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 250 Without lessening God to the Pusillity of Man. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.a1620
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