puny

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Of inferior significance, size, or strength; ineffective, small, weak.

   “You puny earthlings are no match for Ming the Merciless!”

2. sıfat (Frequently) ill; poorly, sickly.
3. sıfat Inferior in rank; specifically, of a judge: junior.

   “Gadsbodkins, you puny Upſtart in the Law, to uſe me ſo, you Green Bag Carrier, you Murderer of unfortunate Cauſes, the Clerks Ink is ſcarce off of your fingers, you that newly come from Lamblacking the Judges ſhooes, and are not fit to wipe mine; […]”

4. sıfat Coming later in time; secondary, subsequent.
5. sıfat Not experienced; novice.
6. isim An inferior person; a subordinate; also, an insignificant person.

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7. isim 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.”

8. isim A person who is not experienced; a beginner, a novice.

   “Nay then I ſee thou'rt but a puny in the ſubtill Miſtery of a woman: […]”

9. isim A puisne or junior judge.
10. isim A new student at a school, university, the Inns of Court, etc.; a junior.