PUNY

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty. A puny subject strikes at thy great glory. Shak. Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed. Keble.

2.
n.

A youth; a novice. [R.] Fuller.


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