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
lancinating
present participle of lancinate
lancinating (comparative more lancinating, superlative most lancinating)
(especially of pain) Sharp, stabbing or piercing.
Source: Wiktionary
Lan"ci*na`ting, a.
Definition: Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains (i.e., severe, darting pains).
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
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
