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!
“Puissant” is the French word for “powerful”.
Cool! I like when french words sneak their way in to English. Our language is such a hodgepodge of other languages anyways, but the French based ones are frequently more fun to use/say. No clue why.
the French based ones are frequently more fun to use/say
A certain… je ne sais quoi…
Puissance can also be used for powers of ten - e.g. 5000 is “cinq a puissance trois”