punyism

English edit

Etymology edit

From puny +‎ -ism.

Noun edit

punyism (uncountable)

(obsolete) The quality of being puny; puniness. [18th–19th c.]
- 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:
  The punyism of a senseless word like Duke, or Count, or Earl, has ceased to please.

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