Pū'nic, a.

[Lat. Punicus, pertaining to Carthage, or its inhabitants, from Pœni, the Carthaginians.] Pertaining to the Carthaginians; like or appropriate to the Carthaginians; faithless; treacherous; deceitful; as, Punic faith. Yes, yes, his faith attesting nations own: 'Tis Punic all, and to a proverb known. Brooke.