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trenchancy|ˈtrɛn(t)ʃənsɪ|
[f. next: see -ancy.]
The quality of being trenchant, ‘sharp’, or ‘cutting’; incisiveness; causticity.
1866London Rev. 24 Nov. 568 Expected..to accept bitterness and passion for satire and trenchancy. 1877Morley Crit. Misc. Ser. ii. 390 Trenchancy whether in speaker or writer is a most effective tone for a large public. 1892Stevenson Across the Plains 203 With the same trenchancy of contrast. |