puissantadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈpjuːᵻsnt/,

/ˈpwɪsnt/, U.S.

/ˈpwɪsnt/,

/ˈpjuəsnt/,

/pjuˈɪsnt/

Forms: late Middle English puysshaunt, late Middle English–1500s puissaunt, late Middle English–1500s puissaunte, late Middle English–1500s puyssant, late Middle English–1500s puyssaunt, late Middle English (in a late copy)–1500s puyssaunte, late Middle English–1500s (1900s– designating a woman, after French feminine form) puissante, late Middle English– puissant, 1500s puisaunt, 1500s pusant, 1500s pusante, 1500s pusaunt, 1500s pusaunte, 1500s puysant, 1500s puysante, 1500s puysaunt, 1500s puysaunte, 1500s–1600s puisant; Scottish pre-1700 pissand, pre-1700 pissant, pre-1700 puisant, pre-1700 pusant, pre-1700 pussand, pre-1700 pussant, pre-1700 pyssant, pre-1700 1700s– puissant.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French pussant, puissant.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pussant, puessant, puisant, pusant, pussaunt, puissaunt, etc. and Anglo-Norman and Middle French puissant, poissant powerful (c1100 in Old French; also as noun; French puissant ), use as adjective of present participle of pooir to be able (see power n.¹); compare -ant suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan poisan, poissan (a1195; Occitan poissant), Catalan puixant (1397), Spanish pujante (1396 as puxant), all ultimately < French.The Old French, Middle French form poissant is the phonologically expected form of the present participle (although in fact poant is more usually found); in the form puissant the French word is apparently influenced by puiss- , alternative stem of pooir (compare French puisse , subjunctive singular). The pronunciation of this word apparently usually paralleled that of puissance n. (see the discussion at that entry). With use as noun compare French puissant (end of 12th cent. in Old French with reference to God, 13th cent. with reference to people).

A. adj.

Possessed of or wielding power; having great authority or influence; mighty, potent, powerful. Now archaic or literary.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > [adjective]

mightyeOE

craftyeOE

richeOE

strongeOE

wieldeOE

mainstrongOE

mightOE

keena1000

mightfullOE

mainfulc1225

reighc1225

starkc1275

boldc1300

fort13..

mightandc1350

strengthya1382

mightifula1400

bigc1400

powerfulc1450

puissant?c1450

mananta1500

mighteousa1500

potenta1500

potential?c1500

vailing1508

forcible1555

potentate1556

swingeing1567

powerable1580

strong-handed1598

strengthful1604

hogen mogen1648

powerlike1657

pollent1660

hogana1672

swayful1767

reverend1826

oomphy1955

kick-ass1977

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 12 A mighti and a puissant woman.

c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 111 (MED) Ire..draweth hate among grete and puyssant men.

1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses x. vi Venus ryght puissante lady I adoure, thanke & rendre graces.

c1510 Gesta Romanorum, Addit. Stories i. 429 In Rome a puyssaunte Emperour.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxxxviii. 513 Y^e sowdan rode on a pusaunt horse, and Huon..folowed hym on the pusaunt mare.

1558 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 507/2 The said maist excellent and puissant prince king doulphin of France.

1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 49 Or who from Fraunce a puissant Armie brings?

1646 H. More Democritus Platonissans sig. A3^v And with puissant stroke the head to bruize.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 27 His puissant Sword unto his side Near his undaunted heart was ty'd.

1717 C. Bullock Woman is Riddle ii. 24 Your own puissant eyes against which no Poitrel is able to defend the heart of man.

1750 W. Shenstone Ode to Indolence viii And thou, puissant queen! be kind.

1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair iv. xc. 104 The puissant piper Rob, Whose bagpipe wak'd so hot a rigadoon.

1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. iii. ii. 150 A combination of causes, too puissant to be resisted, has made hopeless all return to..the past.

1874 E. Eastman Seven & Nine Years among Camanches & Apaches 188 From this time forth he was an honored and puissant warrior, chief, and mystery man.

1926 D. L. Sayers Clouds of Witness xiv. 254 The most noble and puissant prince Gerald Christian Wimsey..did kill and murder Denis Cathcart.

1978 Times 23 Mar. 18/5 The puissante Mrs. Estée Lauder, who is currently presenting a store promotion throughout Harrods.

2005 S. Rushdie Shalimar the Clown 85 The loudest, most persistent, most puissant rumours.

B. n.

A puissant person or being; (with the and plural agreement) puissant people as a class. rare (chiefly poetic).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body

powerc1384

potencyc1607

potent1631

puissant1679

strength1711

1679 S. Woodford Paraphr. upon Canticles ii. 26 My Father's God, the Puissant, and the Strong, Israel's tri'd Champion.

1867 M. Arnold Bacchanalia 63 The puissant crowned, the weak laid low.

1884 A. T. de Vere Poet. Wks. V. 43 Through thee the Land is bless'd. Through thee the puissant love the poor.

Derivatives

† puissantness n. [compare earlier puissance n. and slightly earlier puissancy n.] Obsolete rare puissance; power.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > [noun]

i-waldeOE

armOE

craftOE

mightOE

poustiea1275

mound?a1300

powerc1300

force1303

mighta1325

wielda1325

mightiheada1382

mightinessc1390

mightheada1400

mightinga1400

puissance1420

mightfulnessa1425

vallente1475

potence1483

state1488

potencya1500

potestation?c1500

potent1512

puissantness1552

sinew1560

puissancy1562

potentness1581

powerableness1591

powerfulnessc1595

potestatea1600

pollency1623

potentiality1627

potentialness1668

poust1827

mana1843

magnum force1977

1552 J. Astley in Ascham's Eng. Wks. (1904) 123 Not by the puisantnes of others who were knowne to be his open enemyes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puissant
释义	puissantadj.n. Brit. /ˈpjuːᵻsnt/, /ˈpwɪsnt/, U.S. /ˈpwɪsnt/, /ˈpjuəsnt/, /pjuˈɪsnt/ Forms: late Middle English puysshaunt, late Middle English–1500s puissaunt, late Middle English–1500s puissaunte, late Middle English–1500s puyssant, late Middle English–1500s puyssaunt, late Middle English (in a late copy)–1500s puyssaunte, late Middle English–1500s (1900s– designating a woman, after French feminine form) puissante, late Middle English– puissant, 1500s puisaunt, 1500s pusant, 1500s pusante, 1500s pusaunt, 1500s pusaunte, 1500s puysant, 1500s puysante, 1500s puysaunt, 1500s puysaunte, 1500s–1600s puisant; Scottish pre-1700 pissand, pre-1700 pissant, pre-1700 puisant, pre-1700 pusant, pre-1700 pussand, pre-1700 pussant, pre-1700 pyssant, pre-1700 1700s– puissant. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French pussant, puissant. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman pussant, puessant, puisant, pusant, pussaunt, puissaunt, etc. and Anglo-Norman and Middle French puissant, poissant powerful (c1100 in Old French; also as noun; French puissant ), use as adjective of present participle of pooir to be able (see power n.¹); compare -ant suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan poisan, poissan (a1195; Occitan poissant), Catalan puixant (1397), Spanish pujante (1396 as puxant), all ultimately < French.The Old French, Middle French form poissant is the phonologically expected form of the present participle (although in fact poant is more usually found); in the form puissant the French word is apparently influenced by puiss- , alternative stem of pooir (compare French puisse , subjunctive singular). The pronunciation of this word apparently usually paralleled that of puissance n. (see the discussion at that entry). With use as noun compare French puissant (end of 12th cent. in Old French with reference to God, 13th cent. with reference to people). A. adj. Possessed of or wielding power; having great authority or influence; mighty, potent, powerful. Now archaic or literary. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [adjective] mightyeOE craftyeOE richeOE strongeOE wieldeOE mainstrongOE mightOE keena1000 mightfullOE mainfulc1225 reighc1225 starkc1275 boldc1300 fort13.. mightandc1350 strengthya1382 mightifula1400 bigc1400 powerfulc1450 puissant?c1450 mananta1500 mighteousa1500 potenta1500 potential?c1500 vailing1508 forcible1555 potentate1556 swingeing1567 powerable1580 strong-handed1598 strengthful1604 hogen mogen1648 powerlike1657 pollent1660 hogana1672 swayful1767 reverend1826 oomphy1955 kick-ass1977 ?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 12 A mighti and a puissant woman. c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 111 (MED) Ire..draweth hate among grete and puyssant men. 1480 W. Caxton tr. Ovid Metamorphoses x. vi Venus ryght puissante lady I adoure, thanke & rendre graces. c1510 Gesta Romanorum, Addit. Stories i. 429 In Rome a puyssaunte Emperour. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxxxviii. 513 Y^e sowdan rode on a pusaunt horse, and Huon..folowed hym on the pusaunt mare. 1558 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 507/2 The said maist excellent and puissant prince king doulphin of France. 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 49 Or who from Fraunce a puissant Armie brings? 1646 H. More Democritus Platonissans sig. A3^v And with puissant stroke the head to bruize. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 27 His puissant Sword unto his side Near his undaunted heart was ty'd. 1717 C. Bullock Woman is Riddle ii. 24 Your own puissant eyes against which no Poitrel is able to defend the heart of man. 1750 W. Shenstone Ode to Indolence viii And thou, puissant queen! be kind. 1812 W. Tennant Anster Fair iv. xc. 104 The puissant piper Rob, Whose bagpipe wak'd so hot a rigadoon. 1838 W. Howitt Rural Life Eng. II. iii. ii. 150 A combination of causes, too puissant to be resisted, has made hopeless all return to..the past. 1874 E. Eastman Seven & Nine Years among Camanches & Apaches 188 From this time forth he was an honored and puissant warrior, chief, and mystery man. 1926 D. L. Sayers Clouds of Witness xiv. 254 The most noble and puissant prince Gerald Christian Wimsey..did kill and murder Denis Cathcart. 1978 Times 23 Mar. 18/5 The puissante Mrs. Estée Lauder, who is currently presenting a store promotion throughout Harrods. 2005 S. Rushdie Shalimar the Clown 85 The loudest, most persistent, most puissant rumours. B. n. A puissant person or being; (with the and plural agreement) puissant people as a class. rare (chiefly poetic). ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body powerc1384 potencyc1607 potent1631 puissant1679 strength1711 1679 S. Woodford Paraphr. upon Canticles ii. 26 My Father's God, the Puissant, and the Strong, Israel's tri'd Champion. 1867 M. Arnold Bacchanalia 63 The puissant crowned, the weak laid low. 1884 A. T. de Vere Poet. Wks. V. 43 Through thee the Land is bless'd. Through thee the puissant love the poor. Derivatives † puissantness n. [compare earlier puissance n. and slightly earlier puissancy n.] Obsolete rare puissance; power. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] i-waldeOE armOE craftOE mightOE poustiea1275 mound?a1300 powerc1300 force1303 mighta1325 wielda1325 mightiheada1382 mightinessc1390 mightheada1400 mightinga1400 puissance1420 mightfulnessa1425 vallente1475 potence1483 state1488 potencya1500 potestation?c1500 potent1512 puissantness1552 sinew1560 puissancy1562 potentness1581 powerableness1591 powerfulnessc1595 potestatea1600 pollency1623 potentiality1627 potentialness1668 poust1827 mana1843 magnum force1977 1552 J. Astley in Ascham's Eng. Wks. (1904) 123 Not by the puisantnes of others who were knowne to be his open enemyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?c1450
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