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puisny

puisny is the alternative spelling of puisne.

Meaning of puisne

Adjective

puisne (comparative more puisne, superlative most puisne)

  1. (obsolete) Younger; junior.
  2. (obsolete) Insignificant, petty; ineffectual.
    • it is not conceptible that in an infinite , or indeed in a very long period of Revolutions of Mankind , those or any things of this kind discoverable would have been of so late a puiſne a discoverya. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...
  3. Inferior in rank, as designation of any justice, judge etc. other than the most senior.
    • the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer
  4. Coming later in time; subsequent, secondary.
    • a puisne date to eternitya. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […]...

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Forms of puisny

comparativemore puisny
superlativemost puisny

Questions about puisny

What is puisny the alternative spelling of?
Puisny is the alternative spelling of puisne.

Words near puisny in the dictionary

  1. Puinavean
  2. Puinavi
  3. PUIs
  4. puisne
  5. puisnes
  6. puisny
  7. puissance
  8. puissances
  9. puissant
  10. puissantly
  11. puissantness

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