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pungent
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[ˈpʌn(d)ʒ(ə)nt], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- having a sharply strong taste or smell
(e.g: the pungent smell of frying onions)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘very painful or distressing’): from Latin pungent- ‘pricking’, from the verb pungere
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