PUNY
ADJECTIVES
► BASTARD of a child: puny, small, ill-formed → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAFFLING puny, weak, delicate; nervous, timid → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DEARY small, minute, little, undersized, puny → 1691 Eng. dial.
► DEARY LITTLE small, minute, little, undersized, puny → 1790 Eng. dial.
► LIKE A FART IN A WINDSTORM puny; ineffectual → 20C
► MANIKIN ► MANNIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny → 1840
► MIMMOCKING dainty in appetite; puny, sickly, weakly → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MINIKIN small, delicate; neat; effeminate; puny, undersized → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NAZZARDLY adj. poor, ill-thriven → 1675 obs.
► OORIT cold, shivering, hunched up with cold or discomfort; tired-looking or ailing-looking, weak, puny, wearied, in poor spirits, miserable, dejected → 1869 Sc.
► PEAKY ► PEEKY feeble, puny, sickly → 1850 colloq. & Eng. dial.
► PIMPING puny, sickly, emaciated → 1845 Amer. dial.
► PIMPY puny, sickly, emaciated → 2000 Amer. dial.
► PINDLING puny, sickly, ailing, delicate, weak, frail → 1862 Amer. dial.
► PINDLY puny, sickly, ailing, delicate, weak, frail → 1959 Amer. dial.
► SAIR sorry, paltry, puny, pitiful → 1825 Sc.
► SCHAMLICH shambling, weak-limbed, puny → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCRAM small, puny; contemptible → 1842 Eng. dial.
► SCRATTY small, insignificant, thin, puny → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCRAWNTY puny, scrawny → 1954 Amer. dial.
► SCRIMPY scanty, small, pinched; puny, miserable; mean, niggardly → 1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SCRINCHING small, puny, insignificant → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SINGED-LIKE puny, shrivelled → 1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► SMALLY of a person or animal: small and slight; puny, weakly → 1764 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TIDDY puny, weakly, delicate → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UNDOUGHT sickly, puny, feeble; contemptible → 1773 Sc.
► WANDOUGH ► WANDOUGHT ► WANDOUT feeble, weak; puny’ contemptible → 1768 Sc. obs.
► WURF-LIKE having a stunted, puny appearance → 1819 Sc. obs.
► YAN small, puny → 1825 Sc.
► YANT small, puny → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► NEFFOW anything small and puny → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► NIVVIL anything small and puny → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► WALLIDRAG any puny, stunted thing → 1828 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BAGLIN a puny child with a large belly; a misgrown child → 1825 Sc.
► BODY a puny person; a term of contempt → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CHEWEEKA an insignificant, puny person → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CHITTY-FACE a term of reproach or contempt; a thin, pinched, or childish face; one who has a thin, pinched face; a puny child with a little face → 1601 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► CROOT a puny feeble child → 1825 Sc. obs.
► DACHAN a puny dwarfish creature → 1905 Sc. obs.
► DWEEB a person held in contempt, esp. one ridiculed as studious, puny, or unfashionable; a fool → 1982 US sl.
► EESHAN a child, a tiny tot; someone small and puny of any age; often used in a derogatory or playful sense → 1866 Sc.
► EETIM a small, puny person → 1911 Sc.
► FAGEY a puny child → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAIZART ► FAZARD ► FESART a puny, effeminate man; a weakling, a coward; an impudent fellow → 1721 Sc.
► FERE a puny or dwarfish person → 1825 Sc.
► FRAINEY a small, puny child → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► MANKIN a diminutive or puny man → 1820
► NEFFIT a puny person; a pygmy → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► NESTLE-DRAFF ► NESTLE-DRAFT ► NESTLE-DRAUGHT a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child → 1777 Eng. dial.
► NESTLE-RIPE a weakling, the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter; the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child → 1777 Eng. dial.
► NESTLE-TRIPE the youngest child of a family; a weak, puny child; the smallest and weakest of a brood or litter → 1616 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► NIRL a puny person; a dwarf → 1823 Sc.
► OORACK a small puny creature or child; a small potato → 1825 Sc.
► PUKE a poor, puny, unhealthy-looking person → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► RACKLING the youngest or weakest of a family; a weakling; a puny or rickety child → 1781 Eng. dial.
► RIG ► WRIG the smallest or weakest of a litter, brood, or family; the youngest or feeblest of a family; a weak, puny child → 1805 Sc.
► SCANTLING a small or puny person → 1857 Sc.
► SCART the smallest quantity of anything; a puny or meagre-looking person → 1874 Sc.
► SCHAMLICH a weak, puny person → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCRAB a puny, shrivelled person → B1900 Sc.9C
► SCRABBLE a puny, shrivelled person → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SCRADYIN a puny, sickly child → 1825 Sc.
► SICKREL a puny, sickly person → a1700 cant obs.
► SPARLING a thin, puny little child → 1879 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TAIDREL a puny person → 1825 Sc, (Bk.)
► TAKEN-AWAY an unhealthy, puny child; a changeling → 1823 Sc.
► TIDLING a young, delicate, or puny child or animal in need of special care; a weakling → 1520 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► UNDOUGHT a weak, puny person; a silly, incapable, worthless person → 1644 Sc.
► URLING a dwarfish person or child; a puny, stunted, sickly child → 1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► VISION a puny, thin, emaciated person or animal; one who is wasting away → 1825 Sc.
► WAMBLIN a puny, feeble, undernourished person or animal → 1825 Sc.
► WAMFLIN ► WAMLINa puny child who has a large belly → 1825 Sc.
► WANDOCHT ► WANDOUGHT a weak, feeble, or puny person; a silly, inactive, worthless person → a1728 Sc.
► WARF a stunted, ill-grown, and ill-conditioned person; a puny, contemptible person; a dirty, insignificant person, esp. applied to children; a dwarfish person → 1818 Sc.
► WARRACH a stunted, feeble, ill-grown person, or puny child → 1825 Sc.
► WINNICK a sickly person; a puny, delicate child → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WIPPET a puny, diminutive person, as of a child → 1855 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WIRL a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person, a dwarf; also used jocularly of a mischievous child, a young scamp → 1893 Sc.
► WIRLIN ► WIRLING a puny or stunted person; a dwarf → 1751 Sc. obs.
► WIRLY-WARLY a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person, a dwarf; also used jocularly of a mischievous child, a young scamp → 1856 Sc.
► WIRRAL a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person, a dwarf; also used jocularly of a mischievous child, a young scamp → 1935 Sc.
► WORLIN a puny, feeble child → 1819 Sc.
► WROW a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person, a dwarf; also used jocularly of a mischievous child, a young scamp → 1893 Sc.
► WURL a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person, a dwarf; also used jocularly of a mischievous child, a young scamp → 1898 Sc.
► YAFF a puny, peevish, insignificant person → 1887 Sc.
► YIFF a small, puny, insignificant person given to idle chatter → 1956 Sc.
► YIFF-YAFF a small, puny, insignificant person given to idle chatter → 1825 Sc.
► YURLIN ► YURLING a puny, stunted, creature; a dwarf → 1887 Sc. (Bk.)
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