poltroonery /pɑl`trū.nur.ēē/
…noun: The state or act of being a dastard; dastardliness.
[fr. French fr. Old Italian fr. Vulgar Latin, Indo-European origin]
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…noun: poltroon (practitioner of p.; craven; dastard)
…adjective: poltroonish
…adverb: poltroonishly