Punyism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being puny; puniness. obsolete, uncountable

    "The punyism of a senseless word like Duke, or Count, or Earl, has ceased to please."

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"The punyism of a senseless word like Duke, or Count, or Earl, has ceased to please."

Etymology

From puny + -ism.

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