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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "punily"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "puniness"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "punyness"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "punyism"
}
],
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},
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"name": "l"
},
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"2": "pós"
},
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"name": "PIE word"
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"3": "*ǵenh₁-"
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"2": "xno",
"3": "puisné",
"t": "later, more recent; junior; weakly"
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "puné, puiné, punie, pusné",
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "frm",
"3": "puisné",
"t": "born after (a specified person); younger, youngest; one who is born after (a specified person)"
},
"expansion": "Middle French puisné (“born after (a specified person); younger, youngest; one who is born after (a specified person)”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "puîné",
"t": "cadet (born after a sibling); a cadet (someone born after a sibling)"
},
"expansion": "French puîné (“cadet (born after a sibling); a cadet (someone born after a sibling)”)",
"name": "cog"
},
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"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "puis",
"t": "after; since"
},
"expansion": "puis (“after; since”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "né",
"t": "born"
},
"expansion": "né (“born”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "",
"3": "Puis"
},
"expansion": "Puis",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "pois",
"t": "after; since"
},
"expansion": "Old French pois (“after; since”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*postius",
"t": "afterward"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *postius (“afterward”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "posteā",
"t": "afterwards; hereafter; thereafter; next, then"
},
"expansion": "Latin posteā (“afterwards; hereafter; thereafter; next, then”)",
"name": "der"
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "post",
"t": "after; since"
},
"expansion": "post (“after; since”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pós",
"t": "afterwards"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pós (“afterwards”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "ea",
"t": "these (things)"
},
"expansion": "ea (“these (things)”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "",
"3": "né"
},
"expansion": "né",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "nātus",
"t": "born"
},
"expansion": "Latin nātus (“born”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ǵenh₁-",
"t": "to beget; to give birth; to produce"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "PIE word\n *pós\nA respelling of puisne, from Anglo-Norman puisné (“later, more recent; junior; weakly”) [and other forms] and Middle French puisné (“born after (a specified person); younger, youngest; one who is born after (a specified person)”) (modern French puîné (“cadet (born after a sibling); a cadet (someone born after a sibling)”)), from puis (“after; since”) + né (“born”). Puis is derived from Old French pois (“after; since”), from Vulgar Latin *postius (“afterward”), from Latin posteā (“afterwards; hereafter; thereafter; next, then”), from post (“after; since”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pós (“afterwards”)) + ea (“these (things)”); and né from Latin nātus (“born”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "punier",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "puniest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "puny (comparative punier, superlative puniest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"pu‧ny"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "You puny earthlings are no match for Ming the Merciless!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak."
],
"id": "en-puny-en-adj-g3nwAg2Z",
"links": [
[
"inferior",
"inferior#Adjective"
],
[
"significance",
"significance"
],
[
"size",
"size"
],
[
"strength",
"strength"
],
[
"ineffective",
"ineffective"
],
[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"weak",
"weak"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "scrawny"
},
{
"word": "small"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "dreben",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "дребен"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nedorasǎl",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "недорасъл"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "desnerit"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "escarransit"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "feble"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ruòxiǎo",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "弱小"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wēixiǎo",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "微小"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "drobný"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "malý"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "drobounký"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "sølle"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "ijdel"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "klein"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "nietig"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "zwak"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "mitätön"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "vähäpätöinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "chétif"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "frêle"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "kläglich"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "klein"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "kümmerlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "mickrig"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "schwächlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "adýnatos",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "αδύνατος"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mikrokamoménos",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "μικροκαμωμένος"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mikrós",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "μικρός"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "aimlithe"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "gracile"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "sparuto"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chippoke na",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "ちっぽけな"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"alt": "きょじゃくな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kyojaku na",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "虚弱な"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"alt": "よわよわしい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yowayowashii",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "弱々しい"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jageumahada",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "자그마하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "pusillus"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "krappeg"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "kaurehe"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "pūkiki"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "rehe"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "ynkelig"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "wątły"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "fraco"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "franzino"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "pequeno"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "króxotnyj",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "кро́хотный"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "króšečnyj",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "кро́шечный"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "flojo"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "gualtrapas"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "tirillas"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "tanig"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "ynklig"
},
{
"_dis1": "47 5 27 5 16",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
"word": "ynkligt liten"
}
]
},
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Midland US English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Southern US English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"(Frequently) ill; poorly, sickly."
],
"id": "en-puny-en-adj-dXhrGnIq",
"links": [
[
"Frequently",
"frequently"
],
[
"ill",
"ill#Adjective"
],
[
"poorly",
"poorly#Adjective"
],
[
"sickly",
"sickly#Adjective"
]
],
"qualifier": "south Midland US",
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly Southern US, south Midland US) (Frequently) ill; poorly, sickly."
],
"tags": [
"Southern-US"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of puisne",
"Inferior in rank; specifically, of a judge: junior."
],
"id": "en-puny-en-adj-QN1nk~4~",
"links": [
[
"puisne",
"puisne#English"
],
[
"rank",
"rank#Noun"
],
[
"judge",
"judge#Noun"
],
[
"junior",
"junior#Adjective"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Alternative spelling of puisne",
"Inferior in rank; specifically, of a judge: junior."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of puisne",
"Coming later in time; secondary, subsequent."
],
"id": "en-puny-en-adj-deU0TrHS",
"links": [
[
"puisne",
"puisne#English"
],
[
"Coming",
"come#Verb"
],
[
"later",
"later"
],
[
"time",
"time#Noun"
],
[
"secondary",
"secondary"
],
[
"subsequent",
"subsequent"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Alternative spelling of puisne",
"Coming later in time; secondary, subsequent."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "7 0 8 5 13 22 0 22 5 18",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of puisne",
"Not experienced; novice."
],
"id": "en-puny-en-adj-JgE4~W0j",
"links": [
[
"puisne",
"puisne#English"
],
[
"experienced",
"experienced#Adjective"
],
[
"novice",
"novice#Adjective"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) Alternative spelling of puisne",
"Not experienced; novice."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpjuːni/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpjuni/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"homophone": "puisne"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːni"
},
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}
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"3": "puisné",
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"name": "der"
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"2": "frm",
"3": "puisné",
"t": "born after (a specified person); younger, youngest; one who is born after (a specified person)"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "puîné",
"t": "cadet (born after a sibling); a cadet (someone born after a sibling)"
},
"expansion": "French puîné (“cadet (born after a sibling); a cadet (someone born after a sibling)”)",
"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "puis",
"t": "after; since"
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"expansion": "puis (“after; since”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "né",
"t": "born"
},
"expansion": "né (“born”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frm",
"2": "",
"3": "Puis"
},
"expansion": "Puis",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "pois",
"t": "after; since"
},
"expansion": "Old French pois (“after; since”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*postius",
"t": "afterward"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *postius (“afterward”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "posteā",
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"sense": "of inferior size — see also small",
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"glosses": [
"A younger person; a junior."
],
"links": [
[
"younger",
"young#Adjective"
],
[
"junior",
"junior#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete)",
"A younger person; a junior."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of puisne",
"A person who is not experienced; a beginner, a novice."
],
"links": [
[
"puisne",
"puisne#English"
],
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"experienced",
"experienced#Adjective"
],
[
"beginner",
"beginner"
],
[
"novice",
"novice#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete)",
"Alternative spelling of puisne",
"A person who is not experienced; a beginner, a novice."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "newb"
},
{
"word": "rookie"
},
{
"word": "tenderfoot"
},
{
"word": "beginner"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"en:Law"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of puisne",
"A puisne or junior judge."
],
"links": [
[
"puisne",
"puisne#English"
],
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"junior",
"junior#Adjective"
],
[
"judge",
"judge#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete)",
"Alternative spelling of puisne",
"(law) A puisne or junior judge."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English student slang",
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Law",
"en:Universities"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "c. 1610, “[The Election of the Prince]”, in Frederick S[amuel] Boas, editor, The Christmas Prince (The Malone Society Reprints; 47b), London: Printed for the Malone Society by Frederick Hall M.A. at the Oxford University Press, published 1923 (indicated as 1922), →OCLC, page 3, lines 9–12 and 14–18",
"text": "[T]he whole companye or most parte of the Studentꝭ [Studentis] of the same house mette toogether to beginne their Christmas, of wᶜʰ som̃e came to see sports […] others to make sporte wᵗʰall of this last sorte were they whome they call Fresh-menn Punies of the first yeare, who are by no meanes admitted to be agent's or behoulders of those sports, before themselues haue biñe patient perfourmers of them.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A new student at a school, university, the Inns of Court, etc.; a junior."
],
"links": [
[
"university",
"university"
],
[
"slang",
"slang"
],
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"new",
"new#Adjective"
],
[
"student",
"student"
],
[
"school",
"school#Noun"
],
[
"Inns of Court",
"Inn of Court"
]
],
"qualifier": "university slang",
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete)",
"(university slang, law) A new student at a school, university, the Inns of Court, etc.; a junior."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "fresher"
},
{
"word": "freshman"
},
{
"word": "new bug"
},
{
"word": "novi"
},
{
"english": "[[w:Westminster School|Westminster School]]",
"word": "shadow"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈpjuːni/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈpjuni/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"homophone": "puisne"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːni"
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-puny.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-puny.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-I_learned_some_phrases-puny.wav.mp3",
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"word": "puny"
}
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