Hmmm not sure what Toppy meant by "poignant"...RoyalDude wrote:Have you lost your mind, Topper?Topper wrote: RD is one of the best posters on this board.
Always worth a read, and always poignant.
Etymology
From Latin pungō (“prick”).
Adjective
1.(obsolete, of a weapon etc) sharp-pointed; keen.
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VII:
His siluer shield, now idle maisterlesse; / His poynant speare, that many made to bleed [...].
2.incisive; penetrating
His comments were poignant and witty.
3.neat; eloquent; applicable; relevant
A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.
4.Evoking strong mental sensation, to the point of distress; emotionally moving
Flipping through his high school yearbook evoked many a poignant memory of yesteryear.
5.(figuratively, of a taste or smell) piquant, pungent
6.(figuratively, of a look, or of words) piercing
7.(dated, mostly British) inducing sharp physical pain
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/poignant