punnish

English

Etymology 1

pun +‎ -ish

Adjective

punnish (comparative more punnish, superlative most punnish)

  1. (uncommon) Resembling or containing a pun; punny.
    • 1990, Richard Lederer, Get Thee to a Punnery, New York: Dell, →ISBN, page vii:
      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.
    • 1997 September 15, David Brooks, “The Rise of the Latte Town”, in Washington Examiner‎[1]:
      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.

Etymology 2

Verb

punnish

  1. Misspelling of punish.
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