单词 | punless |
释义 | > as lemmasˈpunless ˈpunless adj. having no puns, free of puns. ΚΠ 1716 A. Pope God's Revenge against Punning 2 [Signed] The Punless and Penyless J. Baker, Knight. 1864 Realm 6 Apr. 8 Let our ingenious dramatists try their hands at a punless burlesque with some real fun and interest in it. 1975 Crit. Inq. 2 128 Shakespeare, who needs and wants the words lie, lies, and lying hundreds of times in his work, has only three times the punless form lied. 2001 G. Wren Most Ingenious Paradox ix. 135 His dialogue..grows cleaner, shorter, and all but punless. < as lemmas |
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