poustie

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpuːsti/|/ˈpaʊsti/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Power, authority, strength, health. Ireland,Scotland,uncountable
    — ‘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[…].’

词源

From Middle English pouste, from Anglo-Norman pousté, Old French poesté, posté etc., from (the stem of) Latin potestās (“power”). Doublet of podesta.
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