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Definition: Poltroonery |
PoltrooneryNoun1. Abject pusillanimity. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "poltroonery" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1813. (references) |
Etymology: Poltroonery \Pol*troon"er*y\, noun. [French expression poltronnerie; compare to Italian expression poltroneria.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cowardice | Poltroonery, baseness; dastardness, dastardy; abject fear, funk; Dutch courage; fear; white feather, faint heart; cold feet , yellow streak. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Poltroonery |
| Specialty definitions using "poltroonery": Lapet. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "poltroonery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | страхливост (cowardice, yellowness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zbabìlost (cowardice, yellow-streak). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ανανδρία (cowardice, cowardliness, craveness, unmanliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyávaság (cowardice, faintheartedness, rabbit fever, recreancy, timidity, timidness, timorousness, white feather). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vigliaccheria (cowardice, cowardliness, disreputableness, gutlessness, lousiness, recreance, recreantly, snottiness), codardia (cowardice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | metteydys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oltroonerypay poltronaria, poltrão (chicken hearted, coward, rabbity, scaramouch, trembler). (various references) poltronerie, laşitate (cold feet, cowardice, cowardliness, yellow). (various references) трусость (chicken heart, cold feet, cowardice, pusillanimity, recreancy). (various references) kukavištvo. (various references) cobardía (cowardice, recreancy). (various references) feghet (cowardice, cowardliness). (various references) namertlik, korkaklık (cowardice, jumpiness, pusillanimity, recreancy, shyness, timidity). (various references) боягузтво (cowardice, recreancy), полохливість (nervousness). (various references) tính nhát như cáy, tính nhát gan (cowardice, cowardliness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Poltroonery" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Paltronieri, poltoonery, poltrone. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "poltroonery" (pronounced 'Pol*troon"er*y'): Acceleratory, Antislavery, Apery, Archery, Ashery, Asseveratory, Averpenny, Babery, Baboonery, Bakery, Barkery, Belligerently, Bewitchery, bindery, Bleachery, Bloomery, Boilery, botcherly, botchery, Branchery, Bravery, Brewery, Bribery, Broidery, Buffoonery, Butcherly, Butchery, Cajolery, Chafery, Chicanery, Cholericly, Cinerary, Cleverly, Clouterly, Clownery, Coalery, Cocoonery, Collaterally, Commandery, Congeneracy, Considerably, Consideringly, Cookery, Covertly, Creamery, Crockery, Cutchery, Deanery, Debauchery, Degeneracy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-n-o-o-o-p-r-r-t-y" | |
-3 letters: poltroon. | |
-4 letters: elytron, entropy, pronely, protyle, pyrrole, trooper. | |
-5 letters: enroot, lepton, looney, looper, looter, openly, operon, ornery, peltry, pentyl, perron, pertly, petrol, peyotl, plenty, poetry, poleyn, poorer, poorly, porter, portly, pretor, pronto, proton, protyl, pyrone, pyrrol, replot, report, retool, retorn, rooter, ropery, tooler, torero, torpor. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-n-o-o-o-p-r-r-t-y" | |
+4 letters: proportionately. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6C 74 72 6F 6F 6E 65 72 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101100 01110100 01110010 01101111 01101111 01101110 01100101 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o l t r o o n e r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006C 0074 0072 006F 006F 006E 0065 0072 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5081788684818180718491 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | български, български език, българин, bulharský, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manština, manský, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, τούρκικοσ, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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