Today I learned the word Puissant!

adjective: puissant

having great power or influence.

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The context was “Some of us have more and more puissant sweat glands than others.”

Usually used to refer to somebody like a king, or somebody with great power in a community, I like the use of it here too! The word seems to be pretty archaic but it still seems fun to use!

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    2 years ago

    Puissance can also be used for powers of ten - e.g. 5000 is “cinq a puissance trois”