PUNIER

PUNY

puny, runty, shrimpy

(adjective) (used especially of persons) of inferior size

puny

(adjective) inferior in strength or significance; “a puny physique”; “puny excuses”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

punier

comparative form of puny

Anagrams

• purine, rein up, unripe

Source: Wiktionary


PUNY

Pu"ny, a. [Compar. Punier; superl. Puniest.] Etym: [F. puîté younger, later born, OF. puisné; puis afterwards (L. post; see Post-) + né born, L. natus. See Natal, and cf. Puisne.]

Definition: Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty. A puny subject strikes at thy great glory. Shak. Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed. Keble.

Pu"ny, n.

Definition: A youth; a novice. [R.] Fuller.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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