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pun·gent (pŭn'jənt)
adj.
  1. Affecting the organs of taste or smell with a sharp acrid sensation.
    1. Penetrating, biting, or caustic: pungent satire.
    2. To the point; sharp: pungent talks during which the major issues were confronted.
  2. Pointed: a pungent leaf.

[Latin pungēns, pungent-, present participle of pungere, to sting.]

pungency pun'gen·cy n.
pungently pun'gent·ly adv.



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