Dictionary

punnish en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

pun + -ish

Meanings

1. (uncommon) Resembling or containing a pun; punny.
   • 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:
   • 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:

Forms

punnish en · VERB · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (alt-of, misspelling) Misspelling of punish.
   alt of punish