English

punnery

From pun + -ery.

Formed from pun + -ery

Proto-Germanic *punōną ‘to break to pieces, pulverize’

Old English punian ‘to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind’

Middle English ponnen

English pun

Today it means

noun The act or art of creating puns.

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