Poltroon – marcado por absoluta covardia.
Origem
A palavra Poltroon veio originalmente do termo em Latim “pullus”, que significa “young animal.”
Ela passou a significar preguiçoso ou covarde, em francês antigo.
“By heavens, if, under the circumstances of the provocation which you gave him, and his whole family, he would be as mean and cowardly a poltroon as I find you be…”
— William Carleton, Valentine M’Cultchy, the Irish Agent
English Version
MOSTRAR ▼
Poltroon – marked by utter cowardness.
Origin
Poltroon originally came from the Latin “pullus” which means “young animal.”
It came to mean an idler or coward in Old French.
By heavens, if, under the circumstances of the provocation which you gave him, and his whole family, he would be as mean and cowardly a poltroon as I find you be…”
— William Carleton, Valentine M’Cultchy, the Irish Agent
