punese

P3U1N1E1S1E1
/ˈpjuːniːz/

noun

A bedbug.

OriginFrench punaise ← Latin putere →
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Meanings

nounpunese (plural puneses)

plural puneses · alternative punice

  1. obsoleterareA bedbug.

    His Flea, his Morpion, and Punese, He 'ad gotten for his proper Ease

    1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinputere
  2. Frenchpunaise
  3. Englishpunese

From French punaise, from punais (“stinking”), from Latin putere.

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APA

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