- puniness
- noun see puny
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
puniness
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Puniness — Pu ni*ness, n. The quality or state of being puny; littleness; pettiness; feebleness. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
puniness — [pyo͞o′nē nis] n. puny quality or condition * * * See punily. * * * … Universalium
puniness — [pyo͞o′nē nis] n. puny quality or condition … English World dictionary
puniness — puny ► ADJECTIVE (punier, puniest) 1) small and weak. 2) meagre. DERIVATIVES punily adverb puniness noun. ORIGIN phonetic spelling of PUISNE(Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
puniness — noun The quality of being puny … Wiktionary
puniness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being infirm or physically weak: debility, decrepitude, delicacy, delicateness, feebleness, flimsiness, fragileness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, insubstantiality, unsoundness,… … English dictionary for students
puniness — pu·ni·ness || pjuËnɪnɪs n. weakness, feebleness; triviality, pettiness … English contemporary dictionary
puniness — n. Littleness, pettiness, smallness with feebleness … New dictionary of synonyms
puniness — pu·ni·ness … English syllables
puniness — noun 1. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous • Syn: ↑pettiness, ↑triviality, ↑slightness • Derivationally related forms: ↑puny, ↑trivial (for: ↑triviality), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
