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‖ ˈtranchant, a.
Also 6 tranchaunt.
[= F. tranchant (trɑ̃ʃɑ̃) cutting: see trenchant.]
Early form of trenchant; also from 18th c. a loan-word from French; esp. in fig. sense: = trenchant 2; also of colours, glaring, crude.
a1529Skelton Agst. Garnesche iii. 138 Your sworde ye swere, I wene, So tranchaunt and so kene. 1776H. Walpole Let. to W. Mason 18 Feb., Modest as he is tranchant and sly as Montesquieu without being so recherché. 1812Edin. Rev. Feb. 475 The Notes are written in a flippant, lively, tranchant and assuming style. 1832L. Hunt Poems Pref. 22 Dryden had a tranchant sword, which demanded stoutness in the sheath. 1841Thackeray Second Funeral Napoleon iii, The raw tranchant colours of the new banners. |