tuantadj.
/ˈt(j)uːɒ̃/ Obsolete. rare.
Of language or words: Cutting, biting, keen, trenchant.
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trenchanta1325
eagera1382
keena1400
tuant1672
tranchant1776
incisivea1850
1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal iv. 36 Ay, I gad, but is not that tuant now, ha? is it not tuant?
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 17 To say Mr. Bayes is more civil than to say Villain and Caitiff, though these indeed are more tuant.
1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 13.
1673 E. Hickeringill Gregory 142 This harangue tuant and clean.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) A Tuant Jest, i.e. a tart, biting Jest.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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