puits
English
Etymology
Noun
puits (plural puits)
- (obsolete) A well; a small stream; a fountain; a spring.
- Jeremy Taylor
- The puits flowing from the fountain of life.
- Jeremy Taylor
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for puits in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French puis, from Latin puteus. The t was added back in Middle French to reflect the original Latin spelling.
Pronunciation
Noun
puits m (plural puits)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “puits” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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