POIGNANT

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent. "His poignant spear." Spenser. "Poynaunt sauce." Chaucer.

2.
a.

Fig.: Pointed; keen; satirical. His wit . . . became more lively and poignant. Sir W. Scott.


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