| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pu·ny |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  py  n |
| ADJECTIVE: | Inflected forms: pu·ni·er, pu·ni·est
1. Of inferior size, strength, or significance; weak: a puny physique; puny excuses. 2. Chiefly Southern U.S. Sickly; ill. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Variant of puisne. | | OTHER FORMS: | puni·ly —ADVERB
puni·ness —NOUN
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