A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1646
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]
Pultronrie, n. [e.m.E. pultronerie (1599), poultrounerie (1632), etc., F. poltronerie (1573 in Hatz.-Darm.): cf. Pultronie.] Pusillanimity, cowardice. — 1646 Baillie II 424.
I leave to your honours consideration, if the enemy had marched off, … if this day I should have wanted accusers, either for treason, or pultronrie in the highest degree
You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Pultronrie n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 15 Dec 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/pultronrie>
