pungence
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The wisdom of it is equaled, nay surpassed, by the pungence of its wit.
From Time Magazine Archive
It derives its pungence largely from the performance of Laura Hope Crews, who played in the stage version by Sidney Howard in 1926.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have read that its pungence can sometimes restore memory and speech.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
Then Galbini hit the jackpot with his Taleggio that fills the need for the sharpest, most sophisticated pungence of them all.
From The Complete Book of Cheese by Robert Carlton Brown
Garlic on Cheese For one sandwich prepare 30 or 40 garlic cloves by removing skins and frying out the fierce pungence in smoking olive oil.
From The Complete Book of Cheese by Robert Carlton Brown
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