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Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.

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Definitions

  1. superl. Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty.
  2. n. A youth; a novice.
  3. adj. inferior in strength or significance
  4. adj. (used especially of persons) of inferior size
  5. Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble; inferior; petty. A puny subject strikes at thy great glory. Shak. Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed. Keble. A youth; a novice. [R.] Fuller.
  6. Imperfectly developed in size or vigor; small and feeble;inferior; petty.A puny subject strikes at thy great glory. Shak.Breezes laugh to scorn our puny speed. Keble.
  7. j:100 s. inferior in strength or significance s. (used especially of persons) of inferior size