Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trenchant"
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) 1.7 (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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