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P — Play on to Pointed (Part 10 of 12)

Poet, n.

    1. Bard, author of poems.
    2. Imaginative thinker or writer.

Poetaster, n. Rhymester, petty poet, inferior poet.

Poetic, Poetical, a. Metrical.

Poetry, n. Verse, rhyme, poesy, metrical composition, numbers.

Poh, interj. Pshaw, pugh, pish.

Poignancy, n.

    1. Piquancy, pungency, acridity, sharpness.
    2. Point, sharpness, keenness, asperity, causticity.
    3. Bitterness, intensity, sharpness.

Poignant, a.

    1. Sharp, severe, piercing, penetrating, intense, bitter.
    2. Pungent, biting, acrid, piquant, sharp, pricking, stinging, mordacious.
    3. Keen, pointed, caustic, irritating, bitter, satirical, sarcastic, severe, mordant.

Point, n.

    1. Sharp end.
    2. Cape, headland, projection, promontory, naze.
    3. Moment, instant, period, verge, eve.
    4. Spot, place, station, stage.
    5. Degree, grade, state, condition, rank.
    6. Object, end, aim, purpose, design.