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poignance

noun
/ˈpɔɪnjəns/UK

Etymology

From poignant + -ance.

  1. derived from pungō
  2. derived from puignant
  3. inherited from poynaunt
  4. suffixed as poignance — “poignant + ance”

Definitions

  1. Poignancy

    Poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant.

    • The objects themselves might have come from some Stone Age grave so remote did they seem: yet they had poignance.
    • Too bad Locke's idea didn't catch on; the thought of measuring things in philosophical feet has an unquestionable poignance.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA