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POLTROONERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poltroonery mean? 

POLTROONERY (noun)
  The noun POLTROONERY has 1 sense:

1. abject pusillanimityplay

  Familiarity information: POLTROONERY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POLTROONERY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Abject pusillanimity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("poltroonery" is a kind of...):

pusillanimity; pusillanimousness (contemptible fearfulness)


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