poniard

Meanings

Noun

  • A dagger typically having a slender square or triangular blade.

Verb

  • To stab with a poniard.

Origin

  • Borrowed from French poignard, from poing, from Old French, from Latin pūgnus ("fist"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-.

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