LANCINATE

cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating

(adjective) painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; “a cutting wind”; “keen winds”; “knifelike cold”; “piercing knifelike pains”; “piercing cold”; “piercing criticism”; “a stabbing pain”; “lancinating pain”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

lancinate (third-person singular simple present lancinates, present participle lancinating, simple past and past participle lancinated)

(transitive) To pierce or stab (as with a lance); to lance.

Anagrams

• cantilena

Source: Wiktionary

Lan"ci*nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lancinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Lancinating.] Etym: [L. lancinatus, p. p. of lancinare to fear.]

Definition: To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab. De Quincey.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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