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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage;


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language;
- Example: "the Punic Wars"
- Example: "Carthaginian peace"
[syn: Carthaginian, Punic]

2. tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans;
- Example: "Punic faith"
- Example: "the perfidious Judas"
- Example: "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"
- Example: "treacherous intrigues"
[syn: punic, perfidious, treacherous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Punic \Pu"nic\, a. [L. Punicus pertaining to Carthage, or its
   inhabitants, fr. Poeni the Carthaginians.]
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   1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians.
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   2. Characteristic of the ancient Carthaginians; faithless;
      treacherous; as, Punic faith.
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            Yes, yes, his faith attesting nations own;
            'T is Punic all, and to a proverb known. -- H.
                                                  Brooke.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Punic
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage
           or its people or their language; "the Punic Wars";
           "Carthaginian peace" [syn: Carthaginian, Punic]
    2: tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character
       as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic
       faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most
       treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues" [syn: punic,
       perfidious, treacherous]
    n 1: the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage