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trenchant |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Trenchant \Trench"ant\, a. [OF. trenchant, F. tranchant, p. pr See {Trench}, v. t.] 1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. `` Trenchant was the blade.'' --Chaucer. 2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as trenchant wit. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: trenchant adj 1: having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism" [syn: {searching}] 2: characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting expose"; "a trenchant argument" [syn: {hard-hitting}] 3: clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions between right and wrong" [syn: {clear-cut}, {distinct}]
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