Dictionary entry

Punic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pu″nic (?), a. [L. Punicus pertaining to Carthage, or its inhabitants, fr. Poeni the Carthaginians.]

1. Of or pertaining to the ancient Carthaginians.

2. Characteristic of the ancient Carthaginians; faithless; treacherous; as, Punic faith.

Yes, yes, his faith attesting nations own;

'T is Punic all, and to a proverb known. H. Brooke.