trenchancyn.
/ˈtrɛn(t)ʃənsi/ The quality of being trenchant, ‘sharp’, or ‘cutting’; incisiveness; causticity.
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trenchancy1866
crispness1885
trenchantness1892
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1866 London Rev. 24 Nov. 568 Expected..to accept bitterness and passion for satire and trenchancy.
1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 390 Trenchancy whether in speaker or writer is a most effective tone for a large public.
1892 R. L. Stevenson Across Plains vi. 203 With the same trenchancy of contrast.
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