Both Uses
pungent
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Nature, by Emerson
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- However this may discredit such persons with the judicious, it helps them with the people, as it gives heat, pungency, and publicity to their words.†
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- Hence the virtue and pungency of the influence on the mind, of natural objects, whether inorganic or organized.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(pungent) strong smelling or tasting
or much more rarely: anything sharp, painful, or penetrating -- physically or emotionallyIn reference to taste or smell, pungent is more often associated with a strong flavor than a particular flavor. Some associate it with a high level of volatile acidity. Some wine connoisseurs interchange the word pungent with earthy. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)