puissance
/ˈpjuːɪ.s(ə)ns/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The Sarazin ſore daunted with the buffe / Snatcheth his ſword, and fiercely to him flies; / Who well it wards, and quyteth cuff with cuff: / Each others equall puiſſaunce enuies, / And through their iron ſides with cruelties / Does ſeeke to perce: repining courage yields / No foote to foe."
- "We easily pronounce puissance, truth and justice; they be words importing some great matter, but that thing we neither see nor conceive."
- "After these things above said, the Priest exorcised the salt, saying thus: I conjure thee, creature of salt; that is to say, I conjure in thee the puissance of the Devil in Hell, in the name of God Father omnipotent, and in the charity of our Lord Jesu Christ, and in the virtue of the Holy Ghost […]"
- "Any impression of mental puissance might have been increased by the fact that I was usually to be seen working hard with notebook and biro, shaping up a new book review or a linking script […]."
- "It was in Dublin that San Lucas scored his first success in what has become something of a speciality for him, the puissance."
- "Pat [Moss] then went to Oxford to qualify for the Horse of the Year Show, and Danny was fourth in the Puissance, an event with very high jumps."
Etymology
From Middle English puissaunce, from Anglo-Norman puissance, pusaunce, and other forms, from Old French puissant (“powerful”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈpjuːɪ.s(ə)ns/