Word of the Day for Friday, September 11, 2009
puissant \PWISS-uhnt; PYOO-uh-suhnt; pyoo-ISS-uhnt\, adjective:
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Powerful; strong; mighty; as, a puissant prince or empire.
Powerful; strong; mighty; as, a puissant prince or empire.
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The B.O., through ACORN and SEIU, is trying to build a puissant private army of his own!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Puissant is from Old French puissant, "powerful," ultimately from (assumed) Vulgar Latin potere, alteration of Latin posse, "to be able." The noun form is puissance.
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