trenchancy

trench·ant

T0339000 (trĕn′chənt)adj.1. Forceful and clear; penetrating: a trenchant argument.2. Caustic; cutting: a trenchant wit.3. Distinct; clear-cut: "The times were felt to require ... trenchant distinctions between good and bad, right and wrong" (David Simpson).

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[Middle English, from Old French, cutting, from present participle of trenchier, to cut; see trench.]

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trench′an·cy n.trench′ant·ly adv.

trenchancy

the state or quality of being forceful, incisive, or penetrating, as in words or an argument. — trenchant, adj.See also: Argumentation

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trenchancy - keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellectincisivenesseffectiveness, effectivity, effectuality, effectualness - power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect

trenchancy

nounIrony or bitterness, as of tone:acerbity, acidity, acridity, causticity, corrosiveness, mordacity, mordancy, sarcasm.

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