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pusil

pusil adjective: very small; little; petty.

Adjective

pusil (comparative more pusil, superlative most pusil)

  1. (obsolete) Very small; little; petty.
    • a pusil and a thin soft air1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas...

Proper noun capitalized: Pusil

Pusil

  1. A barangay of Lipa, Batangas, Philippines.

Forms of pusil

comparativemore pusil
superlativemost pusil

Origin of pusil

From Latin pusillus (“very little”).

Questions about pusil

What does pusil mean?
Pusil means very small; little; petty.
What part of speech is pusil?
Pusil can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near pusil in the dictionary

  1. pushup
  2. pushups
  3. pushwall
  4. pushwalls
  5. pushy
  6. pusil
  7. pusilanimous
  8. pusillanimities
  9. pusillanimity
  10. pusillanimous
  11. pusillanimously

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