PUN'GENT, adjective [Latin pungens, pungo.] Pricking; stimulating; as pungent snuff. The pungent grains of titillating dust. 1. Acrid; affecting the tongue like small sharp points; as the sharp and pungent taste of acids. 2. Piercing; sharp; as pungent pains; pungent grief. 3. Acrimonious; biting.
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