unpuissantadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈpjuːᵻsnt/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈpwɪsnt/, U.S.

/ˌənˈpwɪs(ə)nt/,

/ˌənˈpjuəs(ə)nt/,

/ˌənpjuˈɪs(ə)nt/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and puissant adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, puissant adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + puissant adj.

Now rare.

Powerless, impotent, weak. Cf. impuissant adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > powerless or helpless

mightlessOE

powerlessc1425

impotent1444

mean1525

unpuissant1568

moyenless1599

aidless1608

impuissant1629

paralytic1642

adynamous1656

impotentiala1657

enervous1677

numb1802

fucked1949

dickless1957

1568 T. Drant tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Epigr. & Sentences sig. C.v^v My knees haue lost their strength, Unpuysant are my members all, Mee age, and great disease, And carcke, and heauy frinds make fall.

?c1597 F. Bacon Let. in Resuscitatio (1657) ii. 91 A Letter, carrying so empty an offer of so unpuissant a service.

1777 W. Green tr. Horace Odes iii. ii. 103 Death too the fugitive persues..Nor spares, in pityless decree, Unpuissant Youth, or warless knee.

1917 Sri Aurobindo in Arya 15 Aug. 79 But neither is he the inactive, impassive, unpuissant Witness and nothing else; for it is he who works in the steps and measures of his power.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unpuissant
释义	unpuissantadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpjuːᵻsnt/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈpwɪsnt/, U.S. /ˌənˈpwɪs(ə)nt/, /ˌənˈpjuəs(ə)nt/, /ˌənpjuˈɪs(ə)nt/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and puissant adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, puissant adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + puissant adj. Now rare. Powerless, impotent, weak. Cf. impuissant adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > powerless or helpless mightlessOE powerlessc1425 impotent1444 mean1525 unpuissant1568 moyenless1599 aidless1608 impuissant1629 paralytic1642 adynamous1656 impotentiala1657 enervous1677 numb1802 fucked1949 dickless1957 1568 T. Drant tr. Gregory of Nazianzus Epigr. & Sentences sig. C.v^v My knees haue lost their strength, Unpuysant are my members all, Mee age, and great disease, And carcke, and heauy frinds make fall. ?c1597 F. Bacon Let. in Resuscitatio (1657) ii. 91 A Letter, carrying so empty an offer of so unpuissant a service. 1777 W. Green tr. Horace Odes iii. ii. 103 Death too the fugitive persues..Nor spares, in pityless decree, Unpuissant Youth, or warless knee. 1917 Sri Aurobindo in Arya 15 Aug. 79 But neither is he the inactive, impassive, unpuissant Witness and nothing else; for it is he who works in the steps and measures of his power. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1568
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