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Word entry · 4 letters

puny

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"Small and weak"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈpjuːni/Part of speech adjectiveSorted npuyStarts with PEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2U3N4Y

Definitions

  1. (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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