Of words or expressions: sharp, stinging; severe; (also) pleasantly keen or pointed, piquant. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > 			[adjective]		 > poignant (3)		 poignant?1473 Of words or expressions: sharp, stinging; severe; (also) pleasantly keen or pointed, piquant. Obsolete. aigre-doux1523 That combines elements of sourness and sweetness; simultaneously sour and sweet; bittersweet. Frequently of a sauce (cf. agrodolce, adj.) and in… agrodolce1833 Esp. of a sauce: compounded of sweet and sour; bittersweet. Frequently figurative or in figurative contexts. Cf. aigre-doux, adj.  | 
	
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