TRENCHANT

PRONUNCIATION: (TREN-chuhnt) 

MEANING: adjective: Incisive and forceful.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French trenchant (cutting), from present participle of trenchier (to cut), from Latin truncare (to cut), from truncus (trunk, as in a severed tree). Ultimately from the Indo-European root terə- (to cross over or overcome), which also gave us tranche, trench, truncate, trunk, truculent, and trencherman (a hearty eater). Earliest documented use: 1325.
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TRENCHART - pictures drawn by Gis on the walls of their trenches in WWI

TREE CHANT - the music of the woods

FRENCH AUNT – she who owns the pen on my uncle's desk