poustie
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English pouste, from Anglo-Norman pousté, Old French poesté, posté etc., from (the stem of) Latin potestās (“power”). Doublet of podesta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
poustie (uncountable)
- (now Scotland, Ireland) Power, authority, strength, health.
- 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 […].’
- 2020 Department of Health (NI), An Roinn Sláinte, Männystrie O Poustie