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trenchant

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
trenchant /ˈtrɛn(t)ʃ(ə)nt/

▶adjective

1 vigorous or incisive in expression or style.

2 archaic or literary (of a weapon or tool) having a sharp edge.

– derivatives
trenchancy noun,
trenchantly adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr., lit. ‘cutting’, pres. part. of trenchier (see trench).

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