punnicaladj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌnᵻkl/, U.S.

/ˈpənək(ə)l/

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

Etymology: < pun n.¹ + -ical suffix, perhaps originally punningly after Punical adj. Compare slightly earlier punnic adj.

rare.

Involving, relating to, or characterized by puns or punning; = punnic adj.

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

1731 ‘S. Scriblerus’ Whistoneutes 41 Tho thou puttest the Cantab at the Bottom of thy doxological Paragraph on that worthy Prelate Dr. Robinson, in thy punnical Antithesis between his modern Authority and Dr. C——ks' primitive Christianity.

1780 R. Graves Euphrosyne (ed. 2) II. 150 Pembroke [College]..boasts her Johnstone, Shenstone, Blackstone. [Note] Johnstone, for Dr. S. Johnson, by a punnical licence.

1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 420 Much that is merry and wise, punnical and entertaining.

1995 Mosaic (Winnipeg) Mar. 113 Pnin is the clearest victim of this punnical pleasure, suffering as he does as the butt of one of Nabokov's cruelest jokes, the pun in his own name.

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

单词	punnical
释义	punnicaladj. Brit. /ˈpʌnᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈpənək(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pun n.¹, -ical suffix. Etymology: < pun n.¹ + -ical suffix, perhaps originally punningly after Punical adj. Compare slightly earlier punnic adj. rare. Involving, relating to, or characterized by puns or punning; = punnic adj. 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 1731 ‘S. Scriblerus’ Whistoneutes 41 Tho thou puttest the Cantab at the Bottom of thy doxological Paragraph on that worthy Prelate Dr. Robinson, in thy punnical Antithesis between his modern Authority and Dr. C——ks' primitive Christianity. 1780 R. Graves Euphrosyne (ed. 2) II. 150 Pembroke [College]..boasts her Johnstone, Shenstone, Blackstone. [Note] Johnstone, for Dr. S. Johnson, by a punnical licence. 1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 420 Much that is merry and wise, punnical and entertaining. 1995 Mosaic (Winnipeg) Mar. 113 Pnin is the clearest victim of this punnical pleasure, suffering as he does as the butt of one of Nabokov's cruelest jokes, the pun in his own name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1731
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