Associations to the word «Puny»

Wiktionary

PUNY, noun. (obsolete) A new pupil at a school etc.; a junior student.
PUNY, noun. (obsolete) A younger person.
PUNY, noun. (obsolete) A beginner, a novice.
PUNY, noun. (archaic) An inferior person; a subordinate.
PUNY, adjective. Of inferior size, strength or significance.

Dictionary definition

PUNY, adjective. Inferior in strength or significance; "a puny physique"; "puny excuses".
PUNY, adjective. (used especially of persons) of inferior size.

Wise words

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery