- pusillanimous
- late 14c. (implied in pusillanimity), from L.L. pusillanimis "having little courage" (used in Church L. to translate Gk. oligopsychos "small-souled"), from L. pusillis "very weak, little" (dim. of pullus "young animal") + animus "spirit, courage."
- pusillanimity
- late 14c., from Fr. pusillanimité (14c.), from L.L. pusillanimitas (4c.), from L. pusillanimus (see pusillanimous).