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poustie

UK/ˈpuːsti/

poustie noun: power, authority, strength, health.

Noun

poustie (uncountable)

  1. (Ireland, Scotland) Power, authority, strength, health.
    • ‘A, good knyght,’ seyde he, ‘thou arte a foole; for that jantillwoman was the mayster fyende of helle, which hath pouste over all other devyllis[…].’1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIV
    • 2020 Department of Health (NI), An Roinn Sláinte, Männystrie O Poustie

poustie meaning in Bengali

poustie in Bengali

ক্ষমতা, কর্তৃত্ব, শক্তি, স্বাস্থ্য

Origin of poustie

From Middle English pouste, from Anglo-Norman pousté, Old French poesté, posté etc., from (the stem of) Latin potestās (“power”). Doublet of podesta.

Questions about poustie

What does poustie mean?
Poustie means power, authority, strength, health.
What is poustie in Bengali?
Poustie in Bengali is ক্ষমতা, কর্তৃত্ব, শক্তি. See Poustie meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is poustie?
Poustie is a noun.
How do you pronounce poustie?
Poustie is pronounced /ˈpuːsti/ (UK).

Words near poustie in the dictionary

  1. poussettings
  2. poussin
  3. poussins
  4. Pousson
  5. Poussons
  6. poustie
  7. poustinia
  8. poustinias
  9. poustinik
  10. poustiniki
  11. poustiniks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: poustie (page history and authors); poustie (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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