penal, punishable
(adjective) (of an act or offense) subject to punishment by law; āa penal offenseā
penal
(adjective) serving as or designed to impose punishment; āpenal servitudeā; āthe juvenile was sentenced to six months in a penal institutionā
penal
(adjective) of or relating to punishment; āpenal reformā; āpenal codeā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
penal (not comparable)
Of or relating to punishment.
Subject to punishment; punishable.
Serving as a place of punishment.
Exorbitant.
• 'plane, Alpen, Nepal, Palen, palen, panel, plane, plena
Source: Wiktionary
Pe"nal, a. Etym: [L. poenalis, fr. poena punishment: cf. F. pƩnal. See Pain.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to punishment, to penalties, or to crimes and offenses; pertaining to criminal jurisprudence: as: (a) Enacting or threatening punishment; as, a penal statue; the penal code. (b) Incurring punishment; subject to a penalty; as, a penalact of offense. (c) Inflicted as punishment; used as a means of punishment; as, a penal colony or settlement. "Adamantine chains and penal fire." Milton. Penal code (Law), a code of laws concerning crimes and offenses and their punishment.
– Penal laws, Penal statutes (Law), laws prohibited certain acts, and imposing penalties for committing them.
– Penal servitude, imprisonment with hard labor, in a prison, in lieu of transportation. [Great Brit.] -- Penal suit, Penal action (Law), a suit for penalties.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by CaffƩ Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
