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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Poignancy

/poin'-yən-sē/ · Poign·an·cy · IPA /ˈpɔɪnjən(t)si/
01 n. The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief.