What does "puissance" mean?
Puissance: Power; strength; might; force; potency. " Youths of puissance." Tennyson. The power and puissance of the king. Shak. Note: In Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, puissance and puissant are usually dissyllables.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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