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Definition of Puisny
1. a. Puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled.
Definition of Puisny
1. Adjective. (obsolete) puisne; younger; inferior; petty; unskilled ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Puisny
1. insignificant [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puisny
Literary usage of Puisny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. As You Like it by William Shakespeare (1908)
"Ci.Muck Ado About Nothing, V, i, 139.—traverse: across. — lover: mistress.
So in Cymbeline, V, v, 172. 40. puisny : inferior, unskillful. ..."
2. The Observer by Richard Cumberland (1822)
"cried one of the puisny judges, " respect the decency of the court. ... Monster,"
resumed the aforesaid puisny judge, taking up the forceps, ..."
3. The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays by Richard Cumberland (1817)
"cried one of the puisny judges, ' respect the decency of the court. ... Monster,'
resumed the aforesaid puisny judge, taking up the forceps, ..."
4. The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical by Alexander Chalmers (1807)
"cried one of the puisny judges, ' respect; the decency of the court. ... Monster,'
resumed the aforesaid puisny judge, taking up the forceps, ..."
5. The Observer by Richard Cumberland (1822)
"cried one of the puisny judges, " respect the decency of the court." " Monster,"
resumed the aforesaid puisny judge, taking up the forceps^ " what is the ..."
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