PUNGENCY
\pˈʌnd͡ʒənsi], \pˈʌndʒənsi], \p_ˈʌ_n_dʒ_ə_n_s_i]\
Definitions of PUNGENCY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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having an acrid smell
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wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire"
By Princeton University
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The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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