Definition of Poignancies

1. Noun. (plural of poignancy) ¹

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Definition of Poignancies

1. poignancy [n] - See also: poignancy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poignancies

pogromists
pogroms
pogues
pogy
pohagen
pohickory
poi
poieses
poiesis
poietic
poietin
poignado
poignance
poignances
poignancies (current term)
poignancy
poignant
poignantly
poignard
poignards
poikilitic
poikilo-
poikiloblast
poikiloblastic
poikilocarynoses
poikilocarynosis
poikilocyte
poikilocytes
poikilocythemia

Literary usage of Poignancies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1855)
"... plain truth will soon become cold and tame and insipid to the vitiated palate long accustomed to the delicious poignancies of exaggerated commendation. ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1799)
"ihc palate, daily vitiated by the delicious poignancies of exaggerated commendation. . * 4 But if it be true that some women are too apt to affect ..."

3. The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn by Elizabeth Bisland, Lafcadio Hearn (1906)
"icate poignancies of "The Nun of the Temple of Amida" or of "A Street Singer." : I think it was at Kobe he reached his fullest intellectual stature. ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1799)
"•the palate^ daily vitiated by the delicious poignancies of exaggerated commendation. . ' But if it be true that some women are too apt to affect brilliancy ..."

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