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trenchancy

trenchancy noun: the quality of being trenchant.

Noun

trenchancy (countable and uncountable, plural trenchancies)

  1. The quality of being trenchant.
  2. Irony or bitterness of tone.

Forms of trenchancy

pluraltrenchancies

Questions about trenchancy

What does trenchancy mean?
Trenchancy means the quality of being trenchant.
What part of speech is trenchancy?
Trenchancy is a noun.
What is the plural of trenchancy?
The plural of trenchancy is trenchancies.

Words near trenchancy in the dictionary

  1. trench-plow
  2. trench-plowed
  3. trench-plowing
  4. trench-plows
  5. trenchancies
  6. trenchancy
  7. trenchand
  8. trenchant
  9. trenchantly
  10. trenchantness
  11. Trenchard

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