impuissantadj.

/ɪmˈpjuːɪsənt/

Etymology: < French impuissant (15th cent.): see im- prefix² and puissant adj. and n.

Impotent, powerless, weak.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > powerless or helpless

mightlessOE

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impotent1444

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unpuissant1568

moyenless1599

aidless1608

impuissant1629

paralytic1642

adynamous1656

impotentiala1657

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numb1802

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1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 127 How im-puissant and dejected they are.

1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iv. i. sig. Iiii4^v The Countrey made a prey to impuissant Enemies.

1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiv. 113 An impuissant embrace of philosophy on the part of so great a potentate.

1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis I. 188 Vain, and impuissant are the pity and commiseration of a feeble fellow-creature.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	impuissant
释义	impuissantadj. /ɪmˈpjuːɪsənt/ Etymology: < French impuissant (15th cent.): see im- prefix² and puissant adj. and n. Impotent, powerless, weak. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > powerless or helpless mightlessOE powerlessc1425 impotent1444 mean1525 unpuissant1568 moyenless1599 aidless1608 impuissant1629 paralytic1642 adynamous1656 impotentiala1657 enervous1677 numb1802 fucked1949 dickless1957 1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 127 How im-puissant and dejected they are. 1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie iv. i. sig. Iiii4^v The Countrey made a prey to impuissant Enemies. 1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxiv. 113 An impuissant embrace of philosophy on the part of so great a potentate. 1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis I. 188 Vain, and impuissant are the pity and commiseration of a feeble fellow-creature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.1629
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