puissant
ə adjective Literary.
powerful; mighty; potent.
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| —adj | |
| archaic, poetic or powerful | |
| [C15: from Old French, ultimately from Latin potēns mighty, from posse to have power] | |
| 'puissantly | |
| —adv | |
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Puissant
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puissant
mid-15c., from M.Fr. puissant "being powerful," earlier poissant, from stem of poeir "to be able" (see power).
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