trenchantadj.n.

/ˈtrɛn(t)ʃənt/

Forms: Also Middle English trenchaunt, (Middle English -aunte), -ande, (Middle English Scottish trensand, 1500s trenchand, 1600s trencheant, trinchante); see also tranchant adj.

Etymology: < Old French trenchant (modern French tranchant ), present participle of †trenchier , trancher to cut: see trench v. and -ant suffix¹.

A. adj.

a. Cutting, adapted for cutting; having a keen edge, sharp; †sharp-pointed (obsolete). archaic and poetic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > [adjective]

sharpc825

bitel?c1200

keena1225

carving?c1225

fellc1330

trenchantc1330

snarpc1480

cuttinga1533

tart?a1534

undullc1540

steel-sharpa1560

teen1578

unrebated1579

unbated1604

biting1607

eager?1611

unblunted1656

shrewd1878

cutty1903

the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > [adjective] > of point > having a sharp point

trenchantc1330

poignanta1425

well-pointedc1425

sharp-pointed1597

jaggy1849

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4414 Nemny on þe heued he smot; Hit was trenchaunt, ouer fer hit bot.

c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 537 Ich hem wolde wel conquere wiþ my swerd trenchaunt.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 47 This monstre..hadde ij hornes trenchant on his forhede.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 10 Iason smote another Centaure in the nekke with a trenchaunt arowe.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 666 The trensand blaid to-persyt euirydeill.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A5 He..With his trenchand blade her boldly kept From turning backe.

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 27 The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting was grown rusty.

a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) I. 236 The thin or trenchant end [of the wedge] is applied to the timber to be cleft, and the thick end struck upon by an hammer.

1830 Ld. Tennyson Clear-headed Friend ii Nor martyr-flames, nor trenchant swords Can do away that ancient lie.

b. Zoology. Of a tooth, bill, etc.: Having a cutting edge; sectorial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having teeth > adapted for tearing or cutting

laniary1826

trenchant1831

carnassial1849

laniariform1849

secodont1891

1831 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom II. 136 In a fourth tribe [of fishes], the teeth are trenchant. It comprises two genera, Boops and Oblada.

1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 312/2 Trenchant bills which are..flattened horizontally.

1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 29 The lower molar..having a more completely trenchant form than any other tooth.

c. transferred, or in figurative or allusive use.

ΚΠ

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 30 Whose blood..now Trenchant Mars hath shed.

1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) vi. viii. 367 Pursuing its trenchant [1809 tranchant] course, it severed off a deep coat pocket.

1852 W. E. Gladstone Functions of Laymen in Church 33 Must it not be dangerous to place weapons so keen and trenchant in the hands of raw recruits?

1865 Trav. by ‘Umbra’ 10 Carve the impalpable and viewless air with thy trenchant paper knife.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. v. 117 The biographer of Edward [III], Mr. Longman, cannot wield the trenchant weapons of Lord Brougham.

2. figurative esp. of language: Incisive; vigorous and clear; effective, energetic.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > incisive

trenchanta1325

eagera1382

keena1400

tuant1672

tranchant1776

incisivea1850

a1325 [implied in: MS. Rawl. B. 520 lf. 61 b Him bi-houez to seggen trenchauntliche þat he is bastard. (at trenchantly adv.)].

1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 229 Their swords Were sharp & trencheant, not their words.

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 216 Some trenchant repartee, that cuts off the poor answer's head like a razor.

1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 159 The most trenchant and violent writer of the ‘Times’.

1877 S. J. Owen in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches Introd. p. xxxvi For all these evils..Wellesley devised prompt and trenchant remedies, most unpalatable to his employers.

3. transferred and figurative. Sharply defined or outlined; clear-cut; distinct.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible

senec1175

well seenc1175

naked?c1225

well isenec1275

bremec1340

evidenta1382

apparent1393

palpable?1435

open1478

pointablea1555

faira1568

full-eyed1581

unmasked1590

eyeful?1611

plain1613

prospecta1640

unovercloudeda1658

intuitive1801

unmystified1822

shroudless1841

unforeshortened1846

trenchant1849

focusable1889

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > sharply or distinctly

trenchant1849

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > other styles

florida1706

massive1723

rounded1757

round-arched1782

castellar1789

baronial1807

rational1813

English colonial1817

massy1817

transitional1817

Scottish Baronial1829

rococo1830

flamboyant1832

Scotch Baronial1833

Churrigueresque1845

Russo-Byzantine1845

soaring1849

trenchant1849

vernacular1857

Scots Baronial1864

baroque1867

Perp.1867

rayonnant1873

Dutch colonial1876

Neo-Grec1878

rococoesque1885

Richardsonian1887

federal1894

organic1896

confectionery1897

European-style1907

postmodern1916

Lutyens1921

modern1927

moderne1928

functionalist1930

Williamsburg1931

Colonial Revival1934

packing case1935

Corbusian1936

lavatorial1936

pseudish1938

Adamesque1942

rationalist1952

Miesian1956

open-planned1958

Lutyensesque1961

façade1962

Odeon1964

high-tech1979

Populuxe1986

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iii. 78 The use of the dark mass characterises, generally, a trenchant style of design.

1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 745 This subtribe has trenchant limits.

1873 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible ii. 78 The line of demarcation is seemingly most sharp and trenchant.

4. Capable of being cut.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adjective] > able to cut > able to be cut

cuttablec1449

scissile1552

secable1643

trenchant1824

clippable1889

1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. Sept. 226/2 What herald shall go about to strip me of an idea? Is it trenchant to their swords?

†B. n.

a. One who or that which cuts or severs; a cutter, a divider. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > one who or that which separates

divorcer?1611

trenchanta1660

a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 133 A turne-coate of lawfull confederacie, a trinchante of holy union, a scandall and reproofe of all Christian pietie.

†b. esquire trenchant, an esquire carver; cf. esquire n.¹ 1c, Compounds. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > esquire > specific

esquire trenchant1563

esquire bedels1637

1563 Randolph in Calr. Scott. Pap. II. 3 A longe yonge man..one of her graces esquire trenchantes.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Trenchant, Escuyer,..valet trenchant, a Caruer.]

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	trenchant
释义	trenchantadj.n. /ˈtrɛn(t)ʃənt/ Forms: Also Middle English trenchaunt, (Middle English -aunte), -ande, (Middle English Scottish trensand, 1500s trenchand, 1600s trencheant, trinchante); see also tranchant adj. Etymology: < Old French trenchant (modern French tranchant ), present participle of †trenchier , trancher to cut: see trench v. and -ant suffix¹. A. adj. 1. a. Cutting, adapted for cutting; having a keen edge, sharp; †sharp-pointed (obsolete). archaic and poetic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > [adjective] sharpc825 bitel?c1200 keena1225 carving?c1225 fellc1330 trenchantc1330 snarpc1480 cuttinga1533 tart?a1534 undullc1540 steel-sharpa1560 teen1578 unrebated1579 unbated1604 biting1607 eager?1611 unblunted1656 shrewd1878 cutty1903 the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > [adjective] > of point > having a sharp point trenchantc1330 poignanta1425 well-pointedc1425 sharp-pointed1597 jaggy1849 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 4414 Nemny on þe heued he smot; Hit was trenchaunt, ouer fer hit bot. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 537 Ich hem wolde wel conquere wiþ my swerd trenchaunt. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) v. 47 This monstre..hadde ij hornes trenchant on his forhede. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 10 Iason smote another Centaure in the nekke with a trenchaunt arowe. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) iv. l. 666 The trensand blaid to-persyt euirydeill. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. A5 He..With his trenchand blade her boldly kept From turning backe. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. i. 27 The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, For want of fighting was grown rusty. a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) I. 236 The thin or trenchant end [of the wedge] is applied to the timber to be cleft, and the thick end struck upon by an hammer. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Clear-headed Friend ii Nor martyr-flames, nor trenchant swords Can do away that ancient lie. b. Zoology. Of a tooth, bill, etc.: Having a cutting edge; sectorial. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having teeth > adapted for tearing or cutting laniary1826 trenchant1831 carnassial1849 laniariform1849 secodont1891 1831 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom II. 136 In a fourth tribe [of fishes], the teeth are trenchant. It comprises two genera, Boops and Oblada. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 312/2 Trenchant bills which are..flattened horizontally. 1881 St. G. Mivart Cat 29 The lower molar..having a more completely trenchant form than any other tooth. c. transferred, or in figurative or allusive use. ΚΠ 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 30 Whose blood..now Trenchant Mars hath shed. 1848 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. (rev. ed.) vi. viii. 367 Pursuing its trenchant [1809 tranchant] course, it severed off a deep coat pocket. 1852 W. E. Gladstone Functions of Laymen in Church 33 Must it not be dangerous to place weapons so keen and trenchant in the hands of raw recruits? 1865 Trav. by ‘Umbra’ 10 Carve the impalpable and viewless air with thy trenchant paper knife. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. v. 117 The biographer of Edward [III], Mr. Longman, cannot wield the trenchant weapons of Lord Brougham. 2. figurative esp. of language: Incisive; vigorous and clear; effective, energetic. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > incisive trenchanta1325 eagera1382 keena1400 tuant1672 tranchant1776 incisivea1850 a1325 [implied in: MS. Rawl. B. 520 lf. 61 b Him bi-houez to seggen trenchauntliche þat he is bastard. (at trenchantly adv.)]. 1663 S. Butler Hudibras: First Pt. i. iii. 229 Their swords Were sharp & trencheant, not their words. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 216 Some trenchant repartee, that cuts off the poor answer's head like a razor. 1842 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) III. ix. 159 The most trenchant and violent writer of the ‘Times’. 1877 S. J. Owen in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches Introd. p. xxxvi For all these evils..Wellesley devised prompt and trenchant remedies, most unpalatable to his employers. 3. transferred and figurative. Sharply defined or outlined; clear-cut; distinct. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible senec1175 well seenc1175 naked?c1225 well isenec1275 bremec1340 evidenta1382 apparent1393 palpable?1435 open1478 pointablea1555 faira1568 full-eyed1581 unmasked1590 eyeful?1611 plain1613 prospecta1640 unovercloudeda1658 intuitive1801 unmystified1822 shroudless1841 unforeshortened1846 trenchant1849 focusable1889 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] > sharply or distinctly trenchant1849 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > other styles florida1706 massive1723 rounded1757 round-arched1782 castellar1789 baronial1807 rational1813 English colonial1817 massy1817 transitional1817 Scottish Baronial1829 rococo1830 flamboyant1832 Scotch Baronial1833 Churrigueresque1845 Russo-Byzantine1845 soaring1849 trenchant1849 vernacular1857 Scots Baronial1864 baroque1867 Perp.1867 rayonnant1873 Dutch colonial1876 Neo-Grec1878 rococoesque1885 Richardsonian1887 federal1894 organic1896 confectionery1897 European-style1907 postmodern1916 Lutyens1921 modern1927 moderne1928 functionalist1930 Williamsburg1931 Colonial Revival1934 packing case1935 Corbusian1936 lavatorial1936 pseudish1938 Adamesque1942 rationalist1952 Miesian1956 open-planned1958 Lutyensesque1961 façade1962 Odeon1964 high-tech1979 Populuxe1986 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iii. 78 The use of the dark mass characterises, generally, a trenchant style of design. 1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 745 This subtribe has trenchant limits. 1873 H. Rogers Superhuman Origin Bible ii. 78 The line of demarcation is seemingly most sharp and trenchant. 4. Capable of being cut. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [adjective] > able to cut > able to be cut cuttablec1449 scissile1552 secable1643 trenchant1824 clippable1889 1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. Sept. 226/2 What herald shall go about to strip me of an idea? Is it trenchant to their swords? †B. n. a. One who or that which cuts or severs; a cutter, a divider. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] > one who or that which separates divorcer?1611 trenchanta1660 a1660 Aphorismical Discov. in J. T. Gilbert Contemp. Hist. Ireland (1879) I. 133 A turne-coate of lawfull confederacie, a trinchante of holy union, a scandall and reproofe of all Christian pietie. †b. esquire trenchant, an esquire carver; cf. esquire n.¹ 1c, Compounds. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > official of royal or great household > [noun] > esquire > specific esquire trenchant1563 esquire bedels1637 1563 Randolph in Calr. Scott. Pap. II. 3 A longe yonge man..one of her graces esquire trenchantes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Trenchant, Escuyer,..valet trenchant, a Caruer.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.a1325
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