Associations to the word «Puisne»

Wiktionary

PUISNE, adjective. (legal) Inferior in rank. A puisne justice of a court is a judge other than the chief justice.
PUISNE, adjective. (obsolete) Later in age, time, etc.; subsequent.
PUISNE, adjective. (obsolete) Puny; petty; unskilled.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis