pathos, poignancy
(noun) a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow); “the film captured all the pathos of their situation”
poignance, poignancy
(noun) a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow; “a moment of extraordinary poignancy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
poignancy (usually uncountable, plural poignancies)
The quality of being poignant
• canopying
Source: Wiktionary
Poign"an*cy, n.
Definition: The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
