PUISNY

Adjective

puisny (comparative more puisny, superlative most puisny)

(obsolete) puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled

Source: Wiktionary


Puis"ny, a.

Definition: Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled. [R.] A puisny tilter, that spurs his horse but on one side. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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