Someone might think that this is highly unfair and interesting at a time when reality offers us muscular men and athletic women as an ideal. And here, in spite of everything, we will discuss the frail, this interests us much more than any athletes there. If you are with us, then we are going.
Origin
This is the rare case when even those who have never come into contact with philology will understand the etymology. When we are not sure that an object is made of some material, we have only one way - to feel. It's the same with man. True, in this case, we do not need to establish tactile contact in order to make sure that a person is thin and weak. And so everything is visible. However, the original meaning is as follows: so thin that you can feel all the bones. People with a similar physique are also called "skeleton" or "skeleton", deliberately distorting the first letter, sometimes contemptuously, sometimes ironically.
This is at first, and then people start to envy such a fast metabolism, because there are no more problemsweight. True, thin people have their own difficulties: they would like to gain a little, but nothing comes of it. Life has a sense of humor, and sometimes its laughter is sardonic. This is the origin of the adjective "puny", and it is more than obvious. Moving on.
Meaning
In general, in this sense, the main claim to the thin is that they, they say, will not achieve anything in life. But these arguments are no longer relevant. Our civilized world is not like Sparta. So, everyone will find a use, as in the army, which was created by Robert Heinlein. I'm talking, of course, about Starship Troopers. Therefore, even if you are a frail nerd, this is by no means a problem, because over time, nerds begin to control the fighters. In the digital world, the alignment of forces is completely different. Okay, let's, until we agree on cyberpunk, let's define the word from the explanatory dictionary: "weak, thin, nondescript." Let's not forget to mention that this is a colloquial adjective.
People of puny physique voluntarily or involuntarily, if they have a mind, are forced to develop their spiritual and intellectual qualities. True, sometimes frail is only a deceptive appearance. It happens that nature jokes and puts in a thin body the strength sufficient to solve various everyday problems. Such people are also called sinewy. The reader will say that usually the latter still show muscles, or at least some hint of them. That's right, but they're still not athletes. Such a subject remains frail, and it is inevitable.
Synonyms
We usually cannot do without replacements. Information is selected specifically for the reader so that he does not feel that he was not given something in each case. Let's see what the dictionary sent us this time. How to replace the word "puny"? Answer next:
- frail;
- puny;
- nondescript;
- slender.
Unfortunately, no more. As usual, we have excluded repetitions and some impartial words. In other words, as in the famous advertisement, "we have selected the best for you." When using substitutions, be aware of the context. The main thing is that the context and words should be equal to each other. The reader has everything not to be mistaken in the meaning of “puny”, its replacement and an idea of \u200b\u200bwhat is the fate of people in the world who, for some reason, cannot go in for weightlifting. The moral is that the door to sports is not really closed to anyone.
