| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pu·ni·tive |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  py  n -tv |
| ADJECTIVE: | Inflicting or aiming to inflict punishment; punishing. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Medieval Latin p n tvus, from Latin poenre, pnre, to punish. See punish. | | OTHER FORMS: | puni·tive·ly —ADVERB
puni·tive·ness —NOUN
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