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Adjective: punic
  1. Tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans
    "Punic faith";
    - perfidious, treacherous
Adjective: Punic  pyoo-nik
  1. Of or relating to or characteristic of ancient Carthage or its people or their language
    "the Punic Wars";
    - Carthaginian
Noun: Punic  pyoo-nik
  1. The Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage

See also: unfaithful

Type of: Phoenician, Phoenician language

Encyclopedia: Punic