Definitions
(used especially of persons) of inferior size
Used in a sentence
“You puny earthlings are no match for Ming the Merciless!”
“I had forgot my ſelfe, am I not King? […] Is not the Kings name twenty thouſand names? / Arme arme, my name a puny ſubiect ſtrikes, / At thy great glorie, […]”
I have forgotten who I am: am I not the King? […] Is not the King's name worth the names of twenty thousand people? / To arms, my name! An inferior subject strikes / At your great glory, […]“And twentie of theſe punie lies Ile tell, / That men ſhall ſweare I haue diſcontinued ſchoole / About a twelue moneth: […]”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Small and weak”4 letters
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