Home › Words › P › punkishnesspunkishnesspunkishness · noun — the quality of being punkish.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom punkish + -ness.nounThe quality of being punkish.e.g.“In the case of Nikita then, her punkishness is used to "explain" her initial violence, just as her violence also explains punk.” — 2002, Alexandra Heidi Karriker, Film Studies: Women in Contemporary World Cinema:Punkish behavior.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).