poignancyn.

Brit.

/ˈpɔɪnjənsi/, U.S.

/ˈpɔɪn(j)ənsi/

Forms: 1700s poinancy, 1700s poynancy, 1700s– poignancy.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: poignant adj.

Etymology: < poignant adj.: see -ancy suffix. Compare poignance n. N.E.D. (1907) also gives the pronunciation (poi·nănsi) /ˈpɔɪnənsɪ/: see note s.v. poignant adj.

The quality or fact of being poignant.

1. Pungency or sharpness of taste or smell. Frequently figurative (cf. sense 2). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

1677 J. Beale in A. Lawrence & J. Beale Nurseries, Orchards, Profitable Gardens ii. 20 If these [wines] be sometimes offensive by too much lusciousness, they may be helped by wholsom mixtures of a pleasing austereness, or gentle poignancy, more acceptable to the stomach.

1680 tr. N. Machiavelli Disc. Livy i. Pref. in Wks. 268 Not taking the sense of what we read, or not minding the relish and poinancy with which it is many times impregnated.

1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 31 Let us live whilst Life is pleasing, whilst there's a poinancy in the Taste.

1730 J. Swift Let. to Gay 19 Nov. I..sat down quietly at my morsel, adding only..a principle of hatred to all succeeding measures..by way of sauce..; and..one point of conduct in my lady duchess's life has added much poignancy to it.

1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 87 Aromatic herbs, of the most acrid poignancy.

1818 W. Scott Chivalry in Encycl. Brit.: Suppl. to 4th–6th Eds. III. i. 119/2 Sated with indulgences, which soon lose their poignancy.

1857 E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë II. ii. 26 The fresh and fragrant scent of the heather..would lend a poignancy to the relish with which they welcomed their friend to their own true home.

2000 Zimbabwe Independent (Nexis) 10 Mar. Other condiments too will give the dish poignancy and flavour. Best of all is a healthy portion of attempted racial division.

2. Piercing quality of words, expressions, language, etc.; sharpness or keenness; pointedness, piquancy. Now rare except as merging with sense 3.

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

1683 J. Oldham Poems & Transl. 78 Made thy pleas'd Audience entertainment fit, Serv'd up with all the grateful Poignancies of Wit.

a1688 Duke of Buckingham Militant Couple in Wks. (1775) II. 125 Those words..have lost all the poignancy of their signification.

1719 J. Welwood in N. Rowe Pharsalia Pref. 36 The first [sc. Virgil] surpasses all in solid strength; the latter [sc. Lucan] excells in vigour and poynancy.

1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) App. 327 The poignancy of the satire, and artfulness of self-panegyric.

1788 A. Hamilton Federalist Papers lxxvii. 286 The censure of a bad appointment..has neither poignancy nor duration.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xviii. 83 Feelings..deeply stung by the poignancy of their wit.

1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham xxvi. 474 The question had worn away its poignancy from mere iteration.

1934 M. Bodkin Archetypal Patterns in Poetry 310 In each poem the lovely image gains poignancy from its imagined background of frustration and pain.

3. Keenness or sharpness of feeling or emotion, especially of sadness, regret, sorrow, or (in later use) tenderness or pain mixed with pleasure. Also: the ability to evoke such emotion; the quality of being keenly or deeply moving or affecting. (Now the usual sense.)

ΘΚΠ

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

strengthOE

deepnessc1175

inliheadc1450

profundity1565

depth1597

keenness1600

profoundness1612

poignancy1745

poignance1812

intensity1830

inwardness1836

1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator I. iii. 168 Completion..he thought might be more agreeable to all the Parties concerned, when Time had a little worn off the present Poignancy of Grief.

1779 Malefactor's Reg. IV. 89 What character can more provoke our hatred than the man, who,..instead of calming a perturbated spirit, adds to the poignancy of affliction.

1801 J. Austen Let. 21 Jan. (1952) 112 He kindly passes over the poignancy of his feelings in quitting his Ship, his Officers, & his Men.

1885 Manch. Examiner 15 June 5/4 The remembrance..gives our regrets a poignancy due to something like personal gratitude.

1898 H. James Turn of Screw xvii, in Two Magics 123 Doubtless it was that very note that most evoked for me the poignancy, the unnatural childish tragedy, of his probable reappearance.

1903 H. Keller Story of my Life i. i. 15 Many of the joys and sorrows of childhood have lost their poignancy.

1952 E. Templeton Island of Desire i. xvi. 140 The maid's presence, instead of being consoling, sharpened the poignancy of her loneliness.

1987 J. Briggs Woman of Passion i. 27 Part of the poignancy of the restoration of her father is that it allows the little girl who has grown up too fast to be a child again.

2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 May 74/3 A self-probing that gives his writing a particular poignancy.

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

单词	poignancy
释义	poignancyn. Brit. /ˈpɔɪnjənsi/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪn(j)ənsi/ Forms: 1700s poinancy, 1700s poynancy, 1700s– poignancy. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymon: poignant adj. Etymology: < poignant adj.: see -ancy suffix. Compare poignance n. N.E.D. (1907) also gives the pronunciation (poi·nănsi) /ˈpɔɪnənsɪ/: see note s.v. poignant adj. The quality or fact of being poignant. 1. Pungency or sharpness of taste or smell. Frequently figurative (cf. sense 2). Now rare. ΘΚΠ 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 1677 J. Beale in A. Lawrence & J. Beale Nurseries, Orchards, Profitable Gardens ii. 20 If these [wines] be sometimes offensive by too much lusciousness, they may be helped by wholsom mixtures of a pleasing austereness, or gentle poignancy, more acceptable to the stomach. 1680 tr. N. Machiavelli Disc. Livy i. Pref. in Wks. 268 Not taking the sense of what we read, or not minding the relish and poinancy with which it is many times impregnated. 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 31 Let us live whilst Life is pleasing, whilst there's a poinancy in the Taste. 1730 J. Swift Let. to Gay 19 Nov. I..sat down quietly at my morsel, adding only..a principle of hatred to all succeeding measures..by way of sauce..; and..one point of conduct in my lady duchess's life has added much poignancy to it. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 87 Aromatic herbs, of the most acrid poignancy. 1818 W. Scott Chivalry in Encycl. Brit.: Suppl. to 4th–6th Eds. III. i. 119/2 Sated with indulgences, which soon lose their poignancy. 1857 E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë II. ii. 26 The fresh and fragrant scent of the heather..would lend a poignancy to the relish with which they welcomed their friend to their own true home. 2000 Zimbabwe Independent (Nexis) 10 Mar. Other condiments too will give the dish poignancy and flavour. Best of all is a healthy portion of attempted racial division. 2. Piercing quality of words, expressions, language, etc.; sharpness or keenness; pointedness, piquancy. Now rare except as merging with sense 3. 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 1683 J. Oldham Poems & Transl. 78 Made thy pleas'd Audience entertainment fit, Serv'd up with all the grateful Poignancies of Wit. a1688 Duke of Buckingham Militant Couple in Wks. (1775) II. 125 Those words..have lost all the poignancy of their signification. 1719 J. Welwood in N. Rowe Pharsalia Pref. 36 The first [sc. Virgil] surpasses all in solid strength; the latter [sc. Lucan] excells in vigour and poynancy. 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) App. 327 The poignancy of the satire, and artfulness of self-panegyric. 1788 A. Hamilton Federalist Papers lxxvii. 286 The censure of a bad appointment..has neither poignancy nor duration. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. xviii. 83 Feelings..deeply stung by the poignancy of their wit. 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham xxvi. 474 The question had worn away its poignancy from mere iteration. 1934 M. Bodkin Archetypal Patterns in Poetry 310 In each poem the lovely image gains poignancy from its imagined background of frustration and pain. 3. Keenness or sharpness of feeling or emotion, especially of sadness, regret, sorrow, or (in later use) tenderness or pain mixed with pleasure. Also: the ability to evoke such emotion; the quality of being keenly or deeply moving or affecting. (Now the usual sense.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [noun] > intensity or depth strengthOE deepnessc1175 inliheadc1450 profundity1565 depth1597 keenness1600 profoundness1612 poignancy1745 poignance1812 intensity1830 inwardness1836 1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator I. iii. 168 Completion..he thought might be more agreeable to all the Parties concerned, when Time had a little worn off the present Poignancy of Grief. 1779 Malefactor's Reg. IV. 89 What character can more provoke our hatred than the man, who,..instead of calming a perturbated spirit, adds to the poignancy of affliction. 1801 J. Austen Let. 21 Jan. (1952) 112 He kindly passes over the poignancy of his feelings in quitting his Ship, his Officers, & his Men. 1885 Manch. Examiner 15 June 5/4 The remembrance..gives our regrets a poignancy due to something like personal gratitude. 1898 H. James Turn of Screw xvii, in Two Magics 123 Doubtless it was that very note that most evoked for me the poignancy, the unnatural childish tragedy, of his probable reappearance. 1903 H. Keller Story of my Life i. i. 15 Many of the joys and sorrows of childhood have lost their poignancy. 1952 E. Templeton Island of Desire i. xvi. 140 The maid's presence, instead of being consoling, sharpened the poignancy of her loneliness. 1987 J. Briggs Woman of Passion i. 27 Part of the poignancy of the restoration of her father is that it allows the little girl who has grown up too fast to be a child again. 2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 May 74/3 A self-probing that gives his writing a particular poignancy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1677
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