- pungency
- noun Date: 1649 the quality or state of being pungent
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Pungency — Pun gen*cy, n. The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia. The pungency of menaces. Hammond. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pungency — (also called piquancy) is a sharp and biting sensory impression. Food that causes this sensation is often called spicy . Regarding chili peppers, it refers to a scientific equivalent of the Scoville scale of measuring spicyness. Mechanism The… … Wikipedia
Pungency — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Pungency >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pungency pungency piquancy poignancy haut gout strong taste twang race GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 sharpness sharpness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 2 acrimony acr … English dictionary for students
pungency — noun 1. wit having a sharp and caustic quality he commented with typical pungency the bite of satire • Syn: ↑bite • Derivationally related forms: ↑pungent • Hypernyms: ↑wit, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
pungency — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Caustic nature Nouns 1. pungency, piquancy, poignancy, tang, raciness, haut goût, strong taste; sharpness, keenness, acrimony, acritude, acridity, astringency, acerbity, sourness, gaminess; tartness,… … English dictionary for students
pungency — pungent ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a sharply strong taste or smell. 2) (of remarks or humour) sharp and caustic. DERIVATIVES pungency noun pungently adverb. ORIGIN from Latin pungere to prick … English terms dictionary
pungency — See pungent. * * * … Universalium
pungency — noun /ˈpʌndʒənsi/ a) The state of being pungent. b) A foul odor. See Also: pungent, pungently … Wiktionary
pungency — pun·gen·cy pən jən sē n, pl cies the quality or state of being pungent … Medical dictionary
pungency — Synonyms and related words: acerbity, acescency, acidity, acidulousness, acridity, acridness, astringence, astringency, bitter pill, bitterness, brilliance, causticity, cleverness, dash, dryness, facetiousness, funniness, gall, gall and wormwood … Moby Thesaurus
