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Noun: poignance  poyn-yunts
  1. A state of deeply felt distress or sorrow
    "a moment of extraordinary poignance";
    - poignancy

Derived forms: poignances

Type of: sadness, sorrow, sorrowfulness, tristesse [literary]

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Pogonophora
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Pogostemon
Pogostemon cablin
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poignance
poignancy
poignant
poignantly
poikilotherm
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poikilothermous
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Poinciana
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