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poltroon

Meaninglazy person or coward

Common meaning: cowardly or lazy person

Journey through time

  1. Italianpoltrone‘lazy person or coward’source
  2. Frenchpoltron‘coward’source
  3. Englishpoltroon‘cowardly or lazy person’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Italian poltrone ‘lazy person or coward’.

Roots

  • poltrone Italian “lazy person or coward”

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