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Showing words for POLTROON using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Poltroon

poltroon

6 Letter Words for Poltroon

oporto, pronto, proton, rotolo

5 Letter Words for Poltroon

lotor, orlon, orlop, ponto, poort, porno, porto, potoo, proto, troop

4 Letter Words for Poltroon

loon, loop, loor, loot, lorn, loro, loto, nolo, nolt, noop, onto, oont, orlo, plot, polo, polt, pont, pool, poon, poor, poot, porn, port, pron, proo, ront, rool, roon, roop, root, rotl, roto, tool, toon, toop, topo, torn, toro, tron, trop

3 Letter Words for Poltroon

lnr, loo, lop, lor, lot, lpn, ltr, nol, noo, nor, not, olp, ono, ont, oon, oop, oor, oot, opt, orl, ort, oto, pol, pon, poo, por, pot, prn, pro, ron, roo, rot, rpt, tln, tlo, tlr, tol, ton, too, top, tor, trp

Definitions for Poltroon

[1] a wretched coward; craven.
[2] marked by utter cowardice.
[3] an abject or contemptible coward
[4] a rare word for cowardly

Words related to Poltroon

milksop, varlet, dastard, coward, craven, weakling, yellowbelly

Words nearby Poltroon

polos, polska, poltava, poltergeist, poltoratsk, poltroon, poly, poly bag, poly i:c, poly-, poly-drug

Origin of Poltroon

1520–30; earlier pultrowne, pultron, poultroone < Middle French poultron < Old Italian poltrone idler, coward, derivative of poltro foal < Vulgar Latin *pulliter, derivative of Latin pullus young animal; see foal

Other words from Poltroon

pol·troon·er·y , noun
pol·troon·ish , adjective
pol·troon·ish·ly , adverb

Word origin for Poltroon

C16: from Old French poultron, from Old Italian poltrone lazy good-for-nothing, apparently from poltrīre to lie indolently in bed, from poltro bed

Synonyms for Poltroon

coward, craven, dastard, milksop, varlet, weakling, yellowbelly