Puny

[pyoo-nee] /ˈpyu ni/

adjective, punier, puniest.
1.
of less than normal size and strength; weak.
2.
unimportant; insignificant; petty or minor:
a puny excuse.
3.
Obsolete. .
/ˈpjuːnɪ/
adjective -nier, -niest
1.
having a small physique or weakly constitution
2.
paltry; insignificant
adj.

1570s, “inferior in rank” (1540s as a noun, “junior pupil, freshman”), from Middle French puisné (Modern French puîné), from Old French puisne “born later, younger, youngest” (12c., contrasted with aisné “first-born”), from puis nez, from puis “afterward” (from Vulgar Latin *postius, from Latin postea “after this, hereafter,” from post “after,” see post-, + ea “there”) + Old French né “born,” from Latin natus, past participle of nasci “be born” (Old Latin gnasci; see genus). Sense of “small, weak, insignificant” first recorded 1590s. Cf. puisne. Related: Puniness.

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