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poignancies

poignancies is the plural of poignancy.

Meaning of poignancy

Noun

poignancy (usually uncountable, plural poignancies)

  1. (usually) The quality of being poignant.
    • The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly...2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club

Questions about poignancies

What is poignancies the plural of?
Poignancies is the plural of poignancy.

Words near poignancies in the dictionary

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

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