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trenchand

trenchand is the obsolete form of trenchant.

Meaning of trenchant

Adjective

trenchant (comparative more trenchant, superlative most trenchant)

  1. (archaic) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.
    • The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, / For want of fighting was grown rusty, / And ate into itself, for lack / Of somebody to hew and hack.1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1
    1. (archaic) Adapted for tearing into flesh.
      • The trenchant talonid is a character of some miacids and distinguishes these teeth from the hyaenodontids and oxyaenids.1971, Thomas H. V. Rich, Deltatheridia, Carnivora, and Condylarthra (Mammalia) of the Early Eocene, Paris Basin, France
  2. (figuratively) Keen; biting; vigorously articulate and effective; severe.
    • trenchant wit

Forms of trenchand

comparativemore trenchand
superlativemost trenchand

Questions about trenchand

What is trenchand the obsolete form of?
Trenchand is the obsolete form of trenchant.

Words near trenchand in the dictionary

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

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