(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:22:11

Pun"gen*cy (?), n.

The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; as, the pungency of ammonia.

"The pungency of menaces."

Hammond.

 

© Webster 1913.

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