Punster
81pun — (n.) 1660s, probably a clipped form of pundigron, which is perhaps a humorous alteration of It. puntiglio equivocation, trivial objection, dim. of L. punctum point. The verb is attested from 1660s. Johnson has also punster, defined as a low wit… …
82pun — pun1 noun a joke exploiting the different meanings of a word or the fact that there are words of the same sound and different meanings. verb (puns, punning, punned) [often as adjective punning] make a pun. Derivatives punningly adverb punster… …
83punner — n. Punster …
84comedian — n 1. comic, humorist, wit, funnyman, jokesmith; buffoon, clown, jester, harlequin, fool, merry andrew, madcap; pantomime, mime, mimic, mummer, impersonator, vaudevillian, vaudevillist; Scaramouch, Columbine, Pantaloon, Punch, Punchinello; zany,… …
85humorist — n comedy writer, Inf. gag writer, cartoonist, caricaturist, lampoonist, parodist; jokester, joker, comic, comedian, comedienne, Inf. standup comic, clown, slapstick artist; harlequin, punch, Punchinello, scaramouche, fool, jester; droll fellow,… …
86joker — n 1. humorist, comic, comedian, Inf. card, Inf. character, funnyman; jester, wag, droll; clown, Joey, mime, zany, Archaic. antic; buffoon, Inf. cut up, Inf. life of the party; stand up comic, Milton Berle, Phyllis Diller; quipster, wit, punster,… …
87quipster — n giber, Sl. wisecracker, Sl. wisenheimer, smart aleck, Sl. kidder; joker, jester, wag, wit, Goodman Ace, humorist, gagman, gagger, gagster, gag writer; jokesmith; punster, epigrammist, aphorizer; quibbler, niggler, carper, caviler …
88wit — n 1. humor, facetiousness, drollery, funniness, wittiness, cleverness, piquancy, quickness; jocularity, waggishness. 2. badinage, persiflage, repartee, quip, wisecrack, saying, sarcasm; irony, satire, burlesque, parody, caricature, travesty;… …
89Nestroy, Johann Nepomuk Eduard Ambrosius — (1801–1862) Like many of his fellow playwrights of the Biedermeier popular comedy in Austria, including the equally important Ferdinand Raimund, Nestroy was a master of many trades that the stage demands. Beginning his career as an opera… …
90joker — [n] person who kids, teases actor, banana*, buffoon, card*, clown, comedian, comic, cutup*, droll, farceur, fool, funster*, gagster*, humorist, jester, jokesmith, jokester, josher*, kidder, life of the party*, prankster*, punster*, quipster*,… …
