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▪ I. punning, vbl. n.1|ˈpʌnɪŋ|
[f. pun v.1 + -ing1.]
The making of puns.
1670[see pun v.1 1]. 1690Norris Refl. Cond. Hum. Life (1691) 58 This great Mystery of Disputation is nothing else but a meer Tossing of Words backward and forward, sometimes without any meaning, which is Canting; and sometimes with more Meanings than one, which is Punning. 1711Addison Spect. No. 61 ⁋1 That [false wit] which consists in a Jingle of Words, and is comprehended under the general Name of Punning. 1719Swift Art of Punning Wks. (1841) II. 413 Punning is a virtue that most effectually promotes the end of good fellowship, which is laughing. 1791Gentl. Mag. 26/1 During the reigns of James and..Charles, punning was the language of the Pulpit as well as of the Court. 1864Round Table 18 June 12/1 Philadelphia has a world-wide reputation for punning. To be a Philadelphian is to be a born punster.
▪ II. punning, vbl. n.2
stamping: see pun v.2
▪ III. punning, ppl. a.|ˈpʌnɪŋ|
[f. pun v.1 + -ing2.]
That puns or makes puns.
1683Dryden & Soame tr. Boileau's Art of Poetry ii. Epigram, A Corporation of dull Punning Drolls. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) IV. 378 Such as have nothing to recommend them but a punning jingle of words. 1879A. H. Sayce in Academy 23 The Tyrrhenians, whom only a punning etymology made Tyrseni.
Hence ˈpunningly adv., in a punning manner; with a pun or play on words.
1791Gentl. Mag. 32/2 Endemon punningly demands from what information Mr. Steevens has framed his dogmatic opinion. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. II. iii. iii, The Plebeian ‘Court of Cassation’, as Camille might punningly name it, has done its work. 1893Times 6 May 17/1 A picture punningly named ‘Reflections’—shows a wide stretch of shore—with a donkey standing in the midst. |