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Puissant Pwih Sunt Pyoo Uh Sunt Adjective Potent French Latin Posse

Puissant is an adjective meaning potent or powerful.

Puissant is an adjective meaning potent or powerful.

Front puissant \PWIH-sunt or PYOO-uh-sunt\
Back adjective
Potent.

[Via French from Latin posse (to be able), ultimately from the Indo-European root poti- (powerful, lord) that is also the source of power, potent, possess, possible, posse, Italian podesta, and Turkish pasha (via Persian).]

"The full-race Evo is about 557 pounds lighter and 30 horsepower more puissant." - Dan Neil; A Beast in the 'burbs; Los Angeles Times; Jun 16, 2004.

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