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punese

/ˈpjuːniːz/

punese noun: a bedbug.

Noun

punese (plural puneses)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A bedbug.
    • His Flea, his Morpion, and Punese,
      He 'ad gotten for his proper Ease1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished...

Forms of punese

pluralpuneses
alternative formpunice

Origin of punese

From French punaise, from punais (“stinking”), from Latin putere.

Questions about punese

What does punese mean?
Punese means a bedbug.
What part of speech is punese?
Punese is a noun.
How do you pronounce punese?
Punese is pronounced /ˈpjuːniːz/.
What is the plural of punese?
The plural of punese is puneses.

Words near punese in the dictionary

  1. PUNE
  2. puneala plum
  3. Puneet
  4. Punekar
  5. Punekars
  6. punese
  7. puneses
  8. pung
  9. Pung-ol-Sibugay
  10. punga
  11. pungapung

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