backboneless
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
backboneless (not comparable)
- (literally) Without a backbone; invertebrate.
- Antonym: backboned
- 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
- Once, like a drunken man, I lurched forward, and fell upon my knees. Such was my backboneless state that for some seconds I remained where I was, half disposed to let things slide, accept the good the gods had sent me, and make a night of it just there.
- (figuratively) Cowardly, spineless.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
cowardly — see spineless