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poignances

poignances is the plural of poignance.

Meaning of poignance

Noun

poignance (countable and uncountable, plural poignances)

  1. Poignancy; the quality or state of being poignant.
    • The objects themselves might have come from some Stone Age grave so remote did they seem: yet they had poignance.1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1016

Questions about poignances

What is poignances the plural of?
Poignances is the plural of poignance.

Words near poignances in the dictionary

  1. poieses
  2. poiesis
  3. poietic
  4. poifect
  5. poignance
  6. poignances
  7. poignancies
  8. poignancy
  9. poignant
  10. poignantly
  11. poignard

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