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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1597/
- Published: 2024-06-13T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-05T18:07:09.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

The word for today is…

pusillanimous (adjective):

: lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pusillanimous?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : The Latin roots of this derisive adjective are pusillus, meaning “very small” (and related to pusus, meaning “boy”) and animus, which means “spirit” and is the ancestor to many words in our language, including “animal” and “animate.” Pusillanimous first appeared in English in the 16th century, but it gained prominence in the 1970s when Vice President Spiro Agnew famously accused his ideological rivals of “pusillanimous pussyfooting.”

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