Definition of Puisny

1. a. Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled.

Definition of Puisny

1. Adjective. (obsolete) puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled ¹

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Definition of Puisny

1. insignificant [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Puisny

pugnacity
pugnae
pugnosed
pugree
pugrees
pugs
puh
puh-lease
puha
puhas
puir
puirer
puirest
puisne
puisnes
puisny (current term)
puissance
puissances
puissant
puissantly
puissantness
puja
pujah
pujahs
pujari
pujas
puka
pukas
puke
puke up

Literary usage of Puisny

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. As You Like it by William Shakespeare (1908)
"Ci.Muck Ado About Nothing, V, i, 139.—traverse: across. — lover: mistress. So in Cymbeline, V, v, 172. 40. puisny : inferior, unskillful. ..."

2. The Observer by Richard Cumberland (1822)
"cried one of the puisny judges, " respect the decency of the court. ... Monster," resumed the aforesaid puisny judge, taking up the forceps, ..."

3. The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays by Richard Cumberland (1817)
"cried one of the puisny judges, ' respect the decency of the court. ... Monster,' resumed the aforesaid puisny judge, taking up the forceps, ..."

4. The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical by Alexander Chalmers (1807)
"cried one of the puisny judges, ' respect; the decency of the court. ... Monster,' resumed the aforesaid puisny judge, taking up the forceps, ..."

5. The Observer by Richard Cumberland (1822)
"cried one of the puisny judges, " respect the decency of the court." " Monster," resumed the aforesaid puisny judge, taking up the forceps^ " what is the ..."

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