poltrooner, poltroonry, poul trounerie

[English poltroon; -ery; Fr. poltronie.] Cowardice, want of spirit. "Many had very cheaply earned a reputation for courage by sneering at his poltroonery." -Macaulay: Hist. Eng., ch. xvii. pol-troôn-ish, adj. [English poltroon: -ish.] Resembling a poltroon; cowardly, dastardly, contemptible.