punnicadj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌnɪk/, U.S.

/ˈpənɪk/

Forms: 1700s–1800s punick, 1700s– punnic.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pun n.¹, -ic suffix.

Etymology: < pun n.¹ + -ic suffix, probably originally punningly after Punic adj. and its etymon classical Latin Pūnicus. Compare slightly later punnical adj.Compare the following (quoting a version of Virgil Aeneid 4.49, which has Pūnica), heading a text about punning:1713 T. Birch in Guardian 22 Apr. 1 Punnica se quantis attollet Gloria Rebus.

rare.

Involving, relating to, or characterized by puns or punning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [adjective] > of puns

quibbling1624

allusive1655

paronomastical1664

punnic1719

punny1722

punnical1731

paronomastic1811

paronomasial1823

biverbal1826

punnable1840

paronomasian1890

paronomasiastic1902

1719 ‘T. Pun-Sibi’ Ars Pun-ica 16 Suppose two famous Punsters should contend for the Superiority, and a Man should wittily say, This is a Carthaginian War. Quest. How, Sir? Ans. Why, Sir, it is a Pun-ick War.

1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) II. xxxix. 48 Punning is not intirely banished from the pulpit... Some persons have alledg'd..that this pun-ick art is of divine institution.

1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Sept. 249/2 What, I asked, varying my conundrum from the punnic to the anagrammatic species, is the difference between me and the elect?

1992 Cow-down at Hokey Corral in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet newsgroup) 4 Aug. Quit horning in on people calf your size with your bullying, becud we eschew your brand of punnic depravity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	punnic
释义	punnicadj. Brit. /ˈpʌnɪk/, U.S. /ˈpənɪk/ Forms: 1700s–1800s punick, 1700s– punnic. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pun n.¹, -ic suffix. Etymology: < pun n.¹ + -ic suffix, probably originally punningly after Punic adj. and its etymon classical Latin Pūnicus. Compare slightly later punnical adj.Compare the following (quoting a version of Virgil Aeneid 4.49, which has Pūnica), heading a text about punning:1713 T. Birch in Guardian 22 Apr. 1 Punnica se quantis attollet Gloria Rebus. rare. Involving, relating to, or characterized by puns or punning. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [adjective] > of puns quibbling1624 allusive1655 paronomastical1664 punnic1719 punny1722 punnical1731 paronomastic1811 paronomasial1823 biverbal1826 punnable1840 paronomasian1890 paronomasiastic1902 1719 ‘T. Pun-Sibi’ Ars Pun-ica 16 Suppose two famous Punsters should contend for the Superiority, and a Man should wittily say, This is a Carthaginian War. Quest. How, Sir? Ans. Why, Sir, it is a Pun-ick War. 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) II. xxxix. 48 Punning is not intirely banished from the pulpit... Some persons have alledg'd..that this pun-ick art is of divine institution. 1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Sept. 249/2 What, I asked, varying my conundrum from the punnic to the anagrammatic species, is the difference between me and the elect? 1992 Cow-down at Hokey Corral in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet newsgroup) 4 Aug. Quit horning in on people calf your size with your bullying, becud we eschew your brand of punnic depravity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1719
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