pungent

Definitions


[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




definition by Oxford Dictionaries