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
The house was over-warm, and there was a musty smell of over-aged furniture, old leather, and the pungence of mothballs.
From The Fourth R by George Oliver Smith
I see a glimpse of stars ... a distant chime ... and fall asleep with the faint pungence of the Indian herb about me.
From Shandygaff by Christopher Morley
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