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Word For The Day - PUISSANT
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| 04-21-2017
| Red Badger
Posted on 04/21/2017 6:23:37 AM PDT by Red Badger
................Its FRIDAY!................... In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of Word for the Day.
PUISSANT
puis·sant
[pyoo-uh-suh nt, pyoo-is-uh nt, pwis-uh nt]
adjective - literary
: having puissance : powerful
Origin:
Puissant has some powerful ties to some more commonplace English words. Although "puissant" has a considerably fancier feel than "power" and "potent," all three words share the same Latin ancestor: posse, a verb meaning "to be able." "Power" came to us by way of Anglo-French poer, which is itself thought to have come from "potēre," a Vulgar Latin alteration of "posse." "Potent" came from "potent-, potens," a present participle of "posse." From "poer" came the adjective pussant, meaning "able" or "powerful" in Anglo-French, and English speakers borrowed that to form "puissant" in the 15th century.
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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education; History; Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: maga; puissant; wftd
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To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/21/2017 7:06:23 AM PDT
by
Honorary Serb
(Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/21/2017 7:20:31 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
To: Red Badger
LOL! Great word.
The Twentieth Century had a particular penchant for dystopian, post-apocalyptic movies. A common theme, of the puissant strongman in uniform bringing people into order, was examplified in the excruciatingly long Kevin Kostner epic “THE POSTMAN”.
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posted on
04/21/2017 7:26:44 AM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: left that other site
...excruciatingly long Kevin Kostner epic... That pretty much describes All Kevin Kostner's movies.............A+++!...........
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posted on
04/21/2017 7:36:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Red Badger
I am tired of hearing liberal media piss ants
Declare Trump an illegitimate president
What they call news
Goes against my views
I think the Donald is tout puissant
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posted on
04/21/2017 7:40:01 AM PDT
by
dblshot
(I am John Galt.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/21/2017 7:42:33 AM PDT
by
dblshot
(I am John Galt.)
To: Red Badger
Actually, in high school, one of my classmates was named James Dick. (Lucky his name wasn’t Randy. Look it up).
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posted on
04/21/2017 7:43:45 AM PDT
by
Tucker39
(In giving us The Christ, God gave us the ONE thing we desperately NEEDED; a Savior.)
To: dblshot
Excellent! A+++!....................
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posted on
04/21/2017 7:45:42 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: dblshot
Has anybody seen him lately?.................B^)
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posted on
04/21/2017 7:46:56 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Tucker39
Patsy Cline’s son?....................
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posted on
04/21/2017 7:48:56 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: secret garden
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posted on
04/21/2017 7:50:09 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Red Badger
WELCOME!!
Raising the level,
A puissant enterprise,
Regaled by some,
Preferred by many,
Your entry into this format
Is entirely praise-worthy.
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posted on
04/21/2017 8:28:32 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(The Left has the temperament of a squealing pig.)
To: Red Badger
Grande Puissance
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posted on
04/21/2017 8:32:01 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: Louis Foxwell
A+++!..............
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posted on
04/21/2017 8:32:18 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: NorthMountain
A++!.................Mucho Grande!................
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posted on
04/21/2017 8:33:09 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Red Badger
Mucho Grande Not to be confused with Macho Grand, which only the most puissant of men could have survived.
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posted on
04/21/2017 8:40:44 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: NorthMountain
I don’t want to talk about Macho Grande..............It’s tooooo painful.......
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posted on
04/21/2017 8:43:48 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Red Badger; T-Bone Texan
Word for the day haiku:
Trumps puissant moves
show that MAGAs not a ruse,
and cause Dems to lose.
To: SFConservative
A rhyming haiku! Excellent! A++++!.................
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posted on
04/21/2017 9:57:38 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Profanity is the sound of an ignorant mind trying to express itself.............)
To: Red Badger
Our puissant president walks tall
A man not a pissant at all.
Carries a big stick
With Pence his sidekick
Giving the swamp an overhaul.
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posted on
04/21/2017 10:36:55 AM PDT
by
tioga
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