poignance

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Pronunciation

/ˈpɔɪnjəns/(UK)

Definition of poignance

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noun

(countable, uncountable)Poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant.

“The objects themselves might have come from some Stone Age grave so remote did they seem: yet they had poignance.”
“Too bad Locke's idea didn't catch on; the thought of measuring things in philosophical feet has an unquestionable poignance.”

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From poignant + -ance.

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