Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

punymore about puny

puny

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Puny  \Pu"ny\,  a.  [Compar.  {Punier};  superl.  {Puniest}.]  [F. 
  pu[^i]t['e]  younger,  later  born,  OF  puisn['e];  puis 
  afterwards  (L.  post  see  {Post-})  +  n['e]  born,  L.  natus.  See 
  {Natal},  and  cf  {Puisne}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Puny  \Pu"ny\,  n. 
  A  youth;  a  novice.  [R.]  --Fuller. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  puny 
  adj  1:  inferior  in  strength  or  significance;  "a  puny  physique"; 
  "puny  excuses" 
  2:  (used  especially  of  persons)  of  inferior  size  [syn:  {runty}, 
  {shrimpy}]




more about puny