puninessn.

Brit.

/ˈpjuːnɪnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈpjuninᵻs/

Forms: 1700s– puniness, 1700s– punyness (now nonstandard).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puny adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < puny adj. + -ness suffix.

The state or quality of being puny; feebleness; smallness; insignificance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakness

faintise1297

weaknessa1300

faintc1320

feebleness1340

languishingc1384

lamea1400

unferea1400

unferenessa1400

unwielda1400

impotence1406

imbecility?a1425

languisha1425

languoringa1438

unwieldness1437

faintnessa1440

impotency1440

infirmityc1440

debility1484

unlustiness1486

resolution1547

unwieldiness1575

languishment1576

infirmness1596

weakness1603

prostrationa1626

exolution1634

languidness1634

prosternation1650

faintingnessa1661

debilitude1669

flaccidity1676

atony1693

puniness1727

faintishness1733

adynamia1743

asthenia1802

adynamy1817

weakliness1826

tonelessness1873

atonicity1900

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > paltriness, meanness, or contempt > smallness of mind

littlenessa1400

slenderness?1542

pettiness1581

pettiship1581

pusillitya1620

petty-mindedness1853

naggle1865

puniness1871

chickenshit1944

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Puniness, Weakliness, Tenderness, Unthrivingness, spoken of Children.

1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 66 The Frequency of nervous..Distempers now,..the Stuntedness, Punyness and Feebleness, so conspicuous among the better Sort.

1792 W. Smith Patriot i. 1 There is stupendousness of cause, and puniness of effect.

1857 Times 9 Nov. 6/3 The babble of demagogues, who..delight to contrast the sturdiness of the artisan with the puniness of the aristocrat.

1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. (1878) 1st Ser. 175 The same sense of the puniness of man in the centre of a cruel and frowning universe.

1906 J. London White Fang v. ii. 279 In his cubhood he had been made to feel his smallness and puniness on the day he first came in from the Wild to the village of Gray Beaver.

1987 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Apr. 395/2 It is about the ravening of time and the puniness of memory's attempts to withstand it.

2006 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 27 Mar. b11 Rosa Brooks decried the puniness of the Democratic Party's new slogan, ‘Together, America can do better.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puniness
释义	puninessn. Brit. /ˈpjuːnɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpjuninᵻs/ Forms: 1700s– puniness, 1700s– punyness (now nonstandard). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: puny adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < puny adj. + -ness suffix. The state or quality of being puny; feebleness; smallness; insignificance. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakness faintise1297 weaknessa1300 faintc1320 feebleness1340 languishingc1384 lamea1400 unferea1400 unferenessa1400 unwielda1400 impotence1406 imbecility?a1425 languisha1425 languoringa1438 unwieldness1437 faintnessa1440 impotency1440 infirmityc1440 debility1484 unlustiness1486 resolution1547 unwieldiness1575 languishment1576 infirmness1596 weakness1603 prostrationa1626 exolution1634 languidness1634 prosternation1650 faintingnessa1661 debilitude1669 flaccidity1676 atony1693 puniness1727 faintishness1733 adynamia1743 asthenia1802 adynamy1817 weakliness1826 tonelessness1873 atonicity1900 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > paltriness, meanness, or contempt > smallness of mind littlenessa1400 slenderness?1542 pettiness1581 pettiship1581 pusillitya1620 petty-mindedness1853 naggle1865 puniness1871 chickenshit1944 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Puniness, Weakliness, Tenderness, Unthrivingness, spoken of Children. 1740 G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen 66 The Frequency of nervous..Distempers now,..the Stuntedness, Punyness and Feebleness, so conspicuous among the better Sort. 1792 W. Smith Patriot i. 1 There is stupendousness of cause, and puniness of effect. 1857 Times 9 Nov. 6/3 The babble of demagogues, who..delight to contrast the sturdiness of the artisan with the puniness of the aristocrat. 1871 J. Morley Carlyle in Crit. Misc. (1878) 1st Ser. 175 The same sense of the puniness of man in the centre of a cruel and frowning universe. 1906 J. London White Fang v. ii. 279 In his cubhood he had been made to feel his smallness and puniness on the day he first came in from the Wild to the village of Gray Beaver. 1987 Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Apr. 395/2 It is about the ravening of time and the puniness of memory's attempts to withstand it. 2006 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 27 Mar. b11 Rosa Brooks decried the puniness of the Democratic Party's new slogan, ‘Together, America can do better.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727
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