puir

See also: puír

Middle French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *putio.

Verb

puir

  1. to smell (bad); to stink

Old French

Alternative forms
  • puïr (diaereses not universally used in transcriptions of Old French)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *putīre, from Classical Latin putēre, present active infinitive of puteō.

Verb

puir

  1. to smell (bad); to stink

Descendants

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (puir)

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English povre, from Old French povre, from Latin pauper.

Adjective

puir (comparative mair puir, superlative maist puir)

  1. poor

References
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