poignancy

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poignancy

/ˈpɔɪnjən(t)si/ US, UK
/ˈpɔɪnənsi/ obsolete
/ˈpɔɪɡnənsi/ obsolete

noun poignancies

uncountable, usually The quality of being poignant. The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly funny,

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noun the quality of being poignant

Español	patetismo
Français	poignance
Deutsch	Schärfe, Schmerzlichkeit

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@misc{poignancy_2026,
  title = {poignancy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poignancy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}