puny

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak.
2. (Frequently) ill; poorly, sickly.
3. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of puisne
4. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of puisne
5. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of puisne

Noun

1. An inferior person; a subordinate; also, an insignificant person.
2. (obsolete) A younger person; a junior.
3. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of puisne
4. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of puisne
5. (obsolete) A new student at a school, university, the Inns of Court, etc.; a junior.

Concepts

malingre

fluet

chétif

grêle

empêcher de grandir

faible

médiocre

frêle

Synonymes

weak

frail

feeble

tiny

sickly

diminutive

petty

small

trivial

shrimpy

little

minor

slight

runty

asthenic

very small

scrawny

scrimp

short

skinny

sleazy

slender

slimsy

softy

spare

thin

twiggy

underdog

underfed

wan

washy

weakly

wee

weedy

decrepit

strengthless

sinewless

unhealthy-looking

wispy

faint

flimsy

impossible

impotent

inadequate

inexperienced

languid

languishing

languorous

midget

minute

petit

piddling

pygmy

raw

sappy

Coupé comme

pu‧ny

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpjuːni/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à français: puîné

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pós-ti
Proto-Italic *posti
Latin poste
Latin post
Proto-Indo-European *íh₂
Latin ea
Latin posteā
Vulgar Latin *postius
Old French puis
Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós
Proto-Italic *gnātos
Latin gnātus
Latin nātus
Old French né
Old French puisné
Middle French puisnébor.
English puisne
English puny
PIE word
*pós
A respelling of puisne, from Anglo-Norman puisné (“later, more recent; junior; weakly”) [and other forms] and Middle French puisné (“born after (a specified person); younger, youngest; one who is born after (a specified person)”) (modern French puîné (“cadet (born after a sibling); a cadet (someone born after a sibling)”)), from puis (“after; since”) + né (“born”). Puis is derived from Old French pois (“after; since”), from Vulgar Latin *postius (“afterward”), from Latin posteā (“afterwards; hereafter; thereafter; next, then”), from post (“after; since”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pós (“afterwards”)) + ea (“these (things)”); and né from Latin nātus (“born”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”).