poniard

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From French poignard, from poing (fist), from Old French, from Latin pūgnus (fist), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peuk-.

[edit] Noun

poniard (plural poniards)

  1. A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade.
    • 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet , act V scene 1
      The King, sir, hath wagered with him six Barbary
      horses, against the which he has impawned, as I take it,
      six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as
      girdle, hanger, and so.

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[edit] Verb

poniard (third-person singular simple present poniards, present participle poniarding, simple past and past participle poniarded)

  1. To stab with a poniard.

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[edit] References

  • poniard” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • poniard” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • "poniard" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.
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