punnish
punnish adjective: resembling or containing a pun; punny. Also the misspelling of punish.
Adjective
punnish (comparative more punnish, superlative most punnish)
- Resembling or containing a pun; punny.
- In the arrangement of the twenty-five games in this book there is method to the madness, as well as madness in the method. After the first chapters on the pervasive punnery in our lives come several games involving punnish signs and license plates that we see all around us.1990, Richard Lederer, Get Thee to a Punnery, New York: Dell, →ISBN, page vii
- You know you’re in a Latte Town when you can […] drink coffee at a place with a punnish name that must have the word “Grounds” in it, before sauntering through an African drum store or a feminist lingerie shop.1997 September 15, David Brooks, “The Rise of the Latte Town”, in Washington Examiner
Also used as
punnish is also the misspelling of punish.
Forms of punnish
| comparative | more punnish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most punnish |
Origin of punnish
pun + -ish
Questions about punnish
- What does punnish mean?
- Punnish means resembling or containing a pun; punny.
- What part of speech is punnish?
- Punnish is an adjective.
Words near punnish in the dictionary
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