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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Yiddish פּנים (ponem), from Hebrew פָּנִים (paním, “face”).
Noun
[edit]punim (plural punims)
- The face (front part of the head).
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:countenance
- 1969, Philip Roth, Portnoy’s Complaint[1], New York: Vintage, published 1994, page 89:
- I can’t help it that I’m so beautiful they stop Mother when she is wheeling me in my carriage so as to get a good look at my gorgeous punim—
- 2010, F. Paul Wilson, Jack: Secret Circles, page 100:
- Jack figured if Mr. Rosen could detect a fierce look on his punim, he was giving away too much.
See also
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]punim
- inflection of punir:
Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]punim
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of punir
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]punim
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