English Dictionary

puny

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpjuːni/

名詞

古語 廃用 別表記 異形

(archaic) An inferior person; a subordinate; also, an insignificant person. / A younger person; a junior. / Alternative spelling of puisne

日本語の意味

劣った人; 下位の者; 些細な存在 / 若い人; 年少者; 下級の者 / 「puisne」の別綴り

The old king sneered, calling his rival a puny before sending him into exile.

老いた王は嘲って、ライバルを劣った者と呼び、追放した。

意味（1）

(archaic) An inferior person; a subordinate; also, an insignificant person.

(inferior person): ·

意味（2）

A younger person; a junior.

[A] law that the eldeſt or firſt-borne child ſhall ſucceede and inherite all: where nothing is reſerved for punies, but obedience: […] Theſe vaine ſhadowes of our religion, which are ſeene in ſome of theſe examples, witnes the dignitie and divinity thereof.

意味（3）

Alternative spelling of puisne

意味（4）

(university slang, law) A new student at a school, university, the Inns of Court, etc.; a junior.

[T]he whole companye or most parte of the Studentꝭ [Studentis] of the same house mette toogether to beginne their Christmas, of wᶜʰ som̃e came to see sports […] others to make sporte wᵗʰall of this last sorte were they whome they call Fresh-menn Punies of the first yeare, who are by no meanes admitted to be agent's or behoulders of those sports, before themselues haue biñe patient perfourmers of them.

punies （ plural ）