pungency meaning

• Noun: pungency
  1. Wit having a sharp and caustic quality
     "he commented with typical pungency"
     - bite 
  2. A strong odour or taste property
     "the pungency of mustard"
     - bite, sharpness, raciness

  Derived forms: pungencies

  See also: pungent

  Type of: drollness, humor [US], humour [Brit, Cdn], spice, spicery, spiciness, wit, witticism, wittiness

  Encyclopedia: Pungency

• 
  [Medicine]
  n pl -cies : the quality or state of being pungent
  

Examples

1. mace has a flavor and aroma similar to nutmeg, with slightly more pungency
2. there was a thump at her shoulder and the sudden pungency of the charge going off
3. This step removes the sharpness and pungency without diminishing the flavor.
4. So people are putting some pungency back into their lives.
5. This delightful perennial manifests life itself, in all its earthy pungency.