pungency

Roget category 392

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#392. Pungency

noun

pungency, piquance, piquancy, poignancy haut-gout, strong taste, twang, race.
sharpness etc. adj. — acrimony — roughness etc. (sour) 392 — unsavoriness etc. 395.
mustard, cayenne, caviare — seasoning etc. (condiment) 393 — niter, saltpeter, brine (saltiness) 392.1; carbonate of ammonia — sal ammoniac^†, sal volatile, smelling salts — hartshorn (acridity) 401.1. dram, cordial, nip.
nicotine, tobacco, snuff, quid, smoke — segar^† — cigar, cigarette — weed — fragrant weed, Indian weed — Cavendish, fid^†, negro head, old soldier, rappee^†, stogy^†.

verb

be pungent etc. adj. — bite the tongue.
render pungent etc. adj. — season, spice, salt, pepper, pickle, brine, devil.
smoke, chew, take snuff.

adjective

pungent, strong — high-, full-flavored — high-tasted, high-seasoned — gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy — biting, mordant — spicy — seasoned etc. v. — hot, hot as pepper — peppery, vellicating^†, escharotic^†, meracious^† — acrid, acrimonious, bitter — rough etc. (sour) 397 — unsavory etc. 395.

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