Round 3142: [Call for Votes] PUANT

[Paul Keating]

I don’t know if it was the word that appealed to players’ imaginations, or a better choice of deadline, but here are no less than 15 definitions of puant for your appraisal.
 
  1.        The soft rubbery layer of horn that forms the deciduous hoof capsule of fetuses and foals.
  2.        A small wild goose that breeds in Arctic regions and has a black neck and head.
  3.        Obs. Br. slang. powerful, mighty. [prob. Fr. puissant]
  4.        Of, or having, a very dark blue color, almost black.
  5.        A bankrupt; hence gen. one in debt; a beggar.
  6.        Dismissive, contemptuous.
  7.        Juicy, succulent.
  8.        Squatting.
  9.        Rotten; fetid.
 10.        Stern; unyielding; dour.
 11.        Tending to urinate frequently.
 12.        Sitting astride a saw-horse (children’s game). [Fr.]
 13.        Obs. Weak and powerless; the opposite of puissant.
 14.        An inorganic chemical in acrylic spray paint which prevents clogging.
 15.        Obs. Having an offensive smell, stinking; (figurative) loathsome, contemptible.

Please vote for two of them, by the deadline, which is 13h00 CET on Valentine’s Day, Sunday 14 February, or just over 48 hours from time of posting; other times for other places here.

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Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France


 

[Judy Madnick]

  3.        Obs. Br. slang. powerful, mighty. [prob. Fr. puissant]

    and 

 13.        Obs. Weak and powerless; the opposite of puissant. 

Judy Madnick

Slingerlands, NY

[Tim Lodge]

I'm going for 5 and 12:

         5.        A bankrupt; hence gen. one in debt; a beggar.

       12.        Sitting astride a saw-horse (children’s game). [Fr.]

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[ALAN MALLACH]

Paul - I'll go with 7 and 9. 

Best,

Alan

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[Johnb - co.uk]

I'll go first and last - #1 and #15

JohnnyB

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[France International/Mike Shefler]

9 and 15 as being similar.

--Mike

[Daniel B Widdis]

I agree with Mike. 9 would be 15 and I would say P.U. !

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[Tim B]

7 and 10, please.

Best wishes,
Tim Bourne.

[Debbie]

6 or 4 please

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[Hero’s fall Cunningham]

3 and 15 this time out.

Dave

 

[Efrem G Mallach]

Since the real definition - the sister or sister-in-law of a teddy bear's parent - isn't in the list, I'll join the 9-15 crowd,

Efrem

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On Feb 12, 2021, at 6:57 AM, Paul Keating <dixo...@boargules.com> wrote:

I don’t know if it was the word that appealed to players’ imaginations, or a better choice of deadline, but here are no less than 15 definitions of puant for your appraisal.

  9.        Rotten; fetid.

[Paul Keating]

<chortle>

2021-02-12 19:47

[France International/Mike Shefler]

Not true. The puant is a close relative of the dung beetle.

--Mike

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[Stephen Dixon]

Not that’s funny!

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[Shani Naylor]

4 & 15 for me.

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[Tony Abell]

I'll take 1 and 15:

> 1. The soft rubbery layer of horn that forms the deciduous hoof capsule of fetuses and foals.

[Fein, Deborah]

9 and 15 please

Deborah Fein, Ph.D.
UConn Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychological Sciences
Department of Pediatrics
University of Connecticut
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