POLTROON  , a See also:

• COWARD

coward, a worthless See also:

• ROGUE

rogue without courage or, spirit . The word comes through Fr. poltron from Ital. poltrone, an idle See also:

• FELLOW

fellow, one who lolls in a See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed or See also:

• COUCH, DARIUS NASH (1822-1897)

couch (Milanese palter, Venetian poltrona, adapted from Ger . Polster, a See also:

• PILLOW (O. Eng. pylu; Lat. pulvinus, a cushion)

pillow; cf . See also:

• ENGLISH

English " bolster ") . The old guess that it was from See also:

• LAT

Lat. pollice truncus, maimed in the thumb, and was first applied to those who avoided military service by self-See also:

• MUTILATION (from Lat. mutilus, maimed)

mutilation, gave rise probably to the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French application of poltron to a See also:

• FALCON
• FALCON (Lat. Falco;' Fr. Faucon; Teutonic, Falk or Valken)

falcon whose talons were cut to prevent its attacking See also:

• GAME

game .