puir

Vulgar Latin *putio.

puir

1. to smell (bad); to stink

• puïr (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

From Vulgar Latin *putīre, from Classical Latin putēre, present active infinitive of puteō.

puir

1. to smell (bad); to stink

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• French: puer

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (puir)

• Hyphenation: pu‧ir

puir (no first-person singular present, no present subjunctive, third-person singular present pui, first-person singular preterite puí, past participle puído)

1. (of an object) to wear, to wear out, to deteriorate

   Synonym: desgastar

From Middle English povre, from Old French povre, from Latin pauper.

puir (comparative mair puir, superlative maist puir)

1. poor
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     And then she changed her voice and would be as saft as honey: 'My puir wee Ailie, was I thrawn till ye? Never mind, my bonnie. You and me are a' that's left, and we maunna be ill to ither.'

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