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puissant

[ pyoo-uh-suhnt, pyoo-is-uhnt, pwis-uhnt ]

adjective

Literary.
  1. powerful; mighty; potent.


puissant

/ ˈːɪəԳ /

adjective

  1. archaic.
    powerful
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܾԳٱ, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • i·Գ· adverb
  • v·i·Գ adjective
  • over·i·Գ· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of puissant1

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French < Vulgar Latin *possent- (stem of *DzŧԲ ), for Latin potent- (stem of dzŧԲ ), present participle of posse to be able, have power; potent 1, -ant
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of puissant1

C15: from Old French, ultimately from Latin dzŧԲ mighty, from posse to have power
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He braced himself for one of Lillian’s cold, puissant lectures to enfilade the dispirited citadel of his self-respect.

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In this age of rapidly melting glaciers, terrifying megafires and ever more puissant hurricanes, of acidifying and rising oceans, it is hard to believe that any further prod to climate action is needed.

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The play, he writes, is “smart, compact and stirring” and “seems destined to have a life as a puissant postscript to Ibsen’s masterwork.”

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The play, which opens next week on Broadway in a different production, seems destined to have a life as a puissant postscript to Ibsen’s masterwork.

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His black sorcerer was more puissant than all of Euron’s three, even if you threw them in a pot and boiled them down to one.

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