Trenchaunt vs Trenchant - What's the difference?

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Trenchant is a alternative form of trenchaunt.

Trenchaunt is often a misspelling of trenchant.

Trenchaunt has no English definition.

As an adjective trenchant is

fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.

trenchaunt

Not English

Trenchaunt has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'trenchaunt':

transparent, transport, transcript, trenchant, transplant, translucent, transient, termagant, transfluent, transilient, transmutant, thermostat, transondent, tourniquet, thermokarst, trenchcoat, transfect, thermoset, thorniest, transeunt, thermojet, transfixt, transvest, transshift, transprint, transumpt, transcalent, transhumant, transvert, tarnishest, translatest, transmutest, tarnishment

trenchant

English

Alternative forms

* trenchaunt (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete) Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp.

*1663 ,

*:The trenchant blade, Toledo trusty, / For want of fighting was grown rusty, / And ate into itself, for lack / Of somebody to hew and hack.

(figuratively) Keen]]; [[bite, biting; vigorously effective and articulate; severe; as, trenchant wit.

*1899 ,

*:His eyes, of the usual blue, were perhaps remarkably cold, and he certainly could make his glance fall on one as trenchant and heavy as an axe.