poltroon, poltrowne, paltroon, poltron, poultroun, pultrowne

& a. [French poltrona knave, a sluggard; Ital. poltrone, from poltro (1) lazy, (2) a varlet, a coward bed or couch; the meaning is thus a sluggard, one who loves his bed; Ital. poltró is for polstro, from Ger. polster =a bolster (q. v.); Sp. poltron =a coward; Italian poltrare, poltrire, polt ron egg i are = to play the coward, to lie idly or lazily in bed.] A. As subst.: An arrant coward; a dastard; a contemptible mean-spirited fellow. "Patience is for poltroons, such as he." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. III., i. 1. B. As adj .: Cowardly, dastardly, base, con tpol-lüte', adj. [Lat. pollutus.] [POLLUTE, v.] temptible. Polluted, defiled, dishonored. "Pollute with sinful blame." - Milton : Nativity. põl-lüt-ěd, pa . par . or a. [POLLUTE, ν.] pol-lūt-ěd-lý, adv. [Eng. polluted; -ly.] With pollution; in a state of pollution. põl-lüt-ed-ne , subst. [Eng. polluted; -ne .] The quality or state of being polluted; pollution, defilement.