| slovo | definícia |
Pungent
(gcide) | Pungent \Pun"gent\, a. [L. pungens, -entis, p. pr. of pungere,
punctum, to prick. Cf. Compunction, Expunge, Poignant,
Point, n., Puncheon, Punctilio, Punt, v. t.]
1. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or
feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
[1913 Webster]
Pungent radish biting infant's tongue. --Shenstone.
[1913 Webster]
The pungent grains of titillating dust. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic;
stinging.
[1913 Webster]
With pungent pains on every side. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
His pungent pen played its part in rousing the
nation. --J. R. Green.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Bot.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen;
acrimonious; biting; stinging.
[1913 Webster] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Pungent
(gcide) | Pungent \Pun"gent\, a. [L. pungens, -entis, p. pr. of pungere,
punctum, to prick. Cf. Compunction, Expunge, Poignant,
Point, n., Puncheon, Punctilio, Punt, v. t.]
1. Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or
feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice.
[1913 Webster]
Pungent radish biting infant's tongue. --Shenstone.
[1913 Webster]
The pungent grains of titillating dust. --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
2. Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe; caustic;
stinging.
[1913 Webster]
With pungent pains on every side. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
His pungent pen played its part in rousing the
nation. --J. R. Green.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Bot.) Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Acrid; piercing; sharp; penetrating; acute; keen;
acrimonious; biting; stinging.
[1913 Webster] |
Pungently
(gcide) | Pungently \Pun"gent*ly\, adv.
In a pungent manner; sharply.
[1913 Webster] |
|