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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Pusillanime,) Pusillanyme, adj. [e.m.E. pusillanime (1570, 1577, thereafter unrecorded), F. pusillanime (c1265 in Larousse), eccl. L. pusillanimus.] Pusillanimous. = Pusill adj. —1604-31 Craig ii 163.
But pusillanyme poore and hartles man, Why wouldst thou die to please so proud a dame?
