·adj Puny; petty; unskilled.
II. Puisne ·adj Later in age, time, ·etc.; subsequent.
III. Puisne ·noun One who is younger, or of inferior rank; a junior; ·esp., a judge of inferior rank.
IV. Puisne ·adj Younger or inferior in rank; junior; associate; as, a chief justice and three puisne justices of the Court of Common Pleas; the puisne barons of the Court of Exchequer.