Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

punacious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: puna-cious
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prone to making puns.

Informal

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

From pun + -acious.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pun

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more punacious (comparative) most punacious (superlative)

Questions

What does punacious mean?: Prone to making puns.
Where does punacious come from?: From pun + -acious.

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