noun
Origin: Fr poignard, altered < MFr poignal < VL *pugnalis < L pugnus, fist: see pugnacious
transitive verb
See poniard in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: French poignard
Origin: , from poing, fist
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin pugnus; see peuk- in Indo-European roots
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