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Synonyms for poniard

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pon-yerd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒn yərd

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Définition of poniard

Origin :
  • 1580s, from Middle French poinard (early 16c.), from Old French poignal "dagger," literally "anything grasped with the fist," from poing "fist," from Latin pungus "fist," from PIE root *peuk- (see pugnacious). Probably altered in French by association with poindre "to stab." Cf. Latin pugnus "fist," pugio "dagger." As a verb from c.1600.
  • As in dagger : noun knife
Example sentences :
  • He remembered giving her this poniard on the very day of her crime.
  • Extract from : « The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals » by Ann S. Stephens
  • Ask him if he did not see this poniard in her room while she lay unburied in the house.
  • Extract from : « The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals » by Ann S. Stephens
  • "Let me look at the poniard," she said, with unnatural gentleness.
  • Extract from : « The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals » by Ann S. Stephens
  • His instruments were a silver cup, a poniard, and a handjar.
  • Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • It cut to the heart's palpitating centre like a poniard thrust.
  • Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland
  • He did not want to use the poniard yet, but he longed to possess it.
  • Extract from : « Romola » by George Eliot
  • This intelligence was like the stroke of a poniard to the feeling heart of Rosabella.
  • Extract from : « The Bravo of Venice » by Heinrich Zschokke
  • He was not sure but a poniard glittered in the clenched hand of Anglique.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby
  • She accordingly offered a poniard to Messalina in the gardens, and urged her to take it.
  • Extract from : « Nero » by Jacob Abbott
  • The mother pressed the poniard upon her daughter, saying, "Now is the time."
  • Extract from : « Nero » by Jacob Abbott

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