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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The quality or state of being poignant;

as, the

poignancy

of satire; the

poignancy

of grief.

Swift.

Noun.

poin'ancy. [See Poignant.]

Sharpness; the power of stimulating the organs of taste.

Point; sharpness; keenness; the power of irritation; asperity; as the poignancy of wit or sarcasm.

Severity; acuteness.