poignance

English

From poignant +‎ -ance.

poignance (countable and uncountable, plural poignances)

Poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant. [from 17th c.]
- 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1016:
  The objects themselves might have come from some Stone Age grave so remote did they seem: yet they had poignance.
- 1988 August 19, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader‎:
  Too bad Locke's idea didn't catch on; the thought of measuring things in philosophical feet has an unquestionable poignance.

单词	poignance
释义	poignance English Etymology From poignant +‎ -ance. Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔɪnjəns/ Noun poignance (countable and uncountable, plural poignances) Poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant. [from 17th c.] 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1016: The objects themselves might have come from some Stone Age grave so remote did they seem: yet they had poignance. 1988 August 19, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader‎: Too bad Locke's idea didn't catch on; the thought of measuring things in philosophical feet has an unquestionable poignance.
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