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Trenchant
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. " Trenchant was the blade." Chaucer.
2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
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Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. " Trenchant was the blade." Chaucer.
2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.