Punacious

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Prone to making puns. informal, rare

    "At the same time I was hopeful that he would not be discouraged from exercising his considerable wit and punacious penchant for whimsy."

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"At the same time I was hopeful that he would not be discouraged from exercising his considerable wit and punacious penchant for whimsy."

Etymology

From pun + -acious.

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