poustie

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman pousté, Old French poesté, posté etc., from (the stem of) Latin potestās (“power”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

poustie (uncountable)

  1. (now Scotland, Ireland) Power, authority.
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIV:
      ‘A, good knyght,’ seyde he, ‘thou arte a foole; for that jantillwoman was the mayster fyende of helle, which hath pouste over all other devyllis […].’

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