poignancen.

Brit.

/ˈpɔɪnjəns/, U.S.

/ˈpɔɪn(j)əns/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poignant adj., -ance suffix.

Etymology: < poignant adj.: see -ance suffix. Compare poignancy n. N.E.D. (1907) also gives the pronunciation (poi·năns) /ˈpɔɪnəns/; see note s.v. poignant adj.

= poignancy n. (in various senses); (formerly) †sharpness, pungency (obsolete); (more recently) keenness of feeling, or the ability to evoke this. Occasionally also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > piquancy or poignancy

saltness1612

piquancy1673

poignance1683

poignancy1683

race1690

raciness1759

spiciness1876

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > pungency

peppera1425

tangc1440

mordacity1583

heat1586

saltness1612

piquantness1648

quickness1652

subtilty1661

penetratingness1662

pungency1663

piquancy1664

poignancy1677

mordicancy1693

pertness1756

causticity1772

poignance1782

pungence1810

warmth1816

piquance1867

zinginess1938

the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > quality or condition

stenchc1175

stinka1325

stinkingness1382

crueltyc1420

contagya1513

dain1574

unsweetness1596

contagion1662

pungency1663

poignancy1677

sulphureousness1690

fetidness1704

poignance1782

pungence1810

fetidity1829

piquance1867

malodorousness1886

smelliness1892

niffiness1942

the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [noun] > intensity or depth

strengthOE

deepnessc1175

inliheadc1450

profundity1565

depth1597

keenness1600

profoundness1612

poignancy1745

poignance1812

intensity1830

inwardness1836

1683 A. Bury Not Fear, but Love 14 A grief that hath only Sharpness: and That, such a sharpness, as shall not mar your fest, but improve it with its poignance.

1739 H. Brooke Gustavus Vasa ii. iii. 18 Prove him thro' ev'ry Poignance, sting him deep.

1769 O. Ruffhead Life A. Pope 114 The solemn air..greatly heightens the poignance of the ridicule.

1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams iii. ii. 132 To lend the pepper poignance.

1812 E. Wynne Let. 6 Apr. in Wynne Diaries (1952) xxx. 514 All the poignance of his sufferings.

1893 A. L. Haddon What ails House? I. 129 Everything that surrounded me..lent poignance to my uneasiness.

1939 Ethics 49 306 I can only say that its kinesthetic poignance leaves me altogether unmoved.

1978 W. J. Bate Samuel Johnson II. x. 161 There would be an added poignance to Johnson's sympathetic efforts..when Dodd was sentenced to be executed for forgery.

1992 Hindu 13 Sept. 5/1 It was written, produced and voiced over by him and followed the lyrical charm and poignance so typical of his writings.

2012 A. Gagiano in C. Anyadike & K. A. Ayoola Blazing the Path ii. 47 It is..especially Ikemefuna whose presence combines resonance, poignance and a strange grandeur.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poignance
释义	poignancen. Brit. /ˈpɔɪnjəns/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪn(j)əns/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: poignant adj., -ance suffix. Etymology: < poignant adj.: see -ance suffix. Compare poignancy n. N.E.D. (1907) also gives the pronunciation (poi·năns) /ˈpɔɪnəns/; see note s.v. poignant adj. = poignancy n. (in various senses); (formerly) †sharpness, pungency (obsolete); (more recently) keenness of feeling, or the ability to evoke this. Occasionally also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > piquancy or poignancy saltness1612 piquancy1673 poignance1683 poignancy1683 race1690 raciness1759 spiciness1876 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > pungency peppera1425 tangc1440 mordacity1583 heat1586 saltness1612 piquantness1648 quickness1652 subtilty1661 penetratingness1662 pungency1663 piquancy1664 poignancy1677 mordicancy1693 pertness1756 causticity1772 poignance1782 pungence1810 warmth1816 piquance1867 zinginess1938 the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [noun] > quality or condition stenchc1175 stinka1325 stinkingness1382 crueltyc1420 contagya1513 dain1574 unsweetness1596 contagion1662 pungency1663 poignancy1677 sulphureousness1690 fetidness1704 poignance1782 pungence1810 fetidity1829 piquance1867 malodorousness1886 smelliness1892 niffiness1942 the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [noun] > intensity or depth strengthOE deepnessc1175 inliheadc1450 profundity1565 depth1597 keenness1600 profoundness1612 poignancy1745 poignance1812 intensity1830 inwardness1836 1683 A. Bury Not Fear, but Love 14 A grief that hath only Sharpness: and That, such a sharpness, as shall not mar your fest, but improve it with its poignance. 1739 H. Brooke Gustavus Vasa ii. iii. 18 Prove him thro' ev'ry Poignance, sting him deep. 1769 O. Ruffhead Life A. Pope 114 The solemn air..greatly heightens the poignance of the ridicule. 1782 J. Elphinston tr. Martial Epigrams iii. ii. 132 To lend the pepper poignance. 1812 E. Wynne Let. 6 Apr. in Wynne Diaries (1952) xxx. 514 All the poignance of his sufferings. 1893 A. L. Haddon What ails House? I. 129 Everything that surrounded me..lent poignance to my uneasiness. 1939 Ethics 49 306 I can only say that its kinesthetic poignance leaves me altogether unmoved. 1978 W. J. Bate Samuel Johnson II. x. 161 There would be an added poignance to Johnson's sympathetic efforts..when Dodd was sentenced to be executed for forgery. 1992 Hindu 13 Sept. 5/1 It was written, produced and voiced over by him and followed the lyrical charm and poignance so typical of his writings. 2012 A. Gagiano in C. Anyadike & K. A. Ayoola Blazing the Path ii. 47 It is..especially Ikemefuna whose presence combines resonance, poignance and a strange grandeur. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1683
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