Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Trenchant \Trench"ant\, a. [OF. trenchant, F. tranchant, p. pr.
See {Trench}, v. t.]
1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. " Trenchant was
the blade." --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
trenchant
adj 1: having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in
thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights";
"trenchant criticism" [syn: {searching}, {trenchant}]
2: characterized by or full of force and vigor; "a hard-hitting
expose"; "a trenchant argument" [syn: {hard-hitting},
{trenchant}]
3: clearly or sharply defined to the mind; "clear-cut evidence
of tampering"; "Claudius was the first to invade Britain with
distinct...intentions of conquest"; "trenchant distinctions
between right and wrong" [syn: {clear-cut}, {distinct},
{trenchant}]
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