punies

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English

Etymology

Probably from puny (“weak”).

Noun

punies pl (plural only)

  1. (US, dialect, Appalachia) Sickness, weakness.
    • 1980, James Still, The run for the Elbertas, page 35:
      "Be-dabs, if the whole gin-works hain't got the punies. Even the mare tuck a spell today. She wouldn't eat corn nor shuck."
    • 2003, Mark O'Brien with Gillian Kendall, How I became a human being: a disabled man's quest for independence, page 152:
      Other days, when I tried to get up despite feeling weak, she would inform me that I had a case of "the punies" and ought to stay in the tank.
    • 2008, Carolyn Jourdan, Heart in the Right Place, page 222:
      “I brung my boy. He's got the punies and I want the doc to take a look at him.”

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Verb

punies

  1. second-person singular imperfect indicative of punir

French

Participle

punies f pl

  1. feminine plural of puni

Latin

Verb

pūniēs

  1. second-person singular future active indicative of pūniō
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