8 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
adjective arousing affect
adjective keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
originFrom Middle English poynaunt, poynant, borrowed from Anglo-Norman puignant, poynaunt etc., present participle of poindre (“to prick”), from Latin pungō (“prick”). Doublet of pungent.
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