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Definition of: Punic
(py
′nik) adjective
Of or pertaining to ancient Carthage or the Carthaginians, who were regarded by the Romans as treacherous; hence, faithless; untrustworthy.
—noun The Northwest Semitic language of the Carthaginians, a dialect of Phoenician. [<L punicus <poenicus <Poenus a Carthaginian, a Phoenician <Gk. Phoinix, -ikos]
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