pungent

• 辛味のある; 刺激のある; 苦い; 刺激のある.

ラテン語のpungere（突き刺す、刺す、噛む）から、PIE*pung（突き刺す、打つ、殴る）から、語源的にはpoint（点）、puncture（穿刺）と同じ。

pungent (adj.)

1590s, "sharp, poignant" (of pain or grief), from Latin pungentem (nominative pungens), present participle of pungere "to prick, pierce, sting," figuratively, "to vex, grieve, trouble, afflict," related to pugnus "fist" (see pugnacious). Meaning "having powerful odor or taste" first recorded 1660s. Literal sense "sharp, pointed" (c. 1600) is very rare in English, mostly limited to botany. Middle English and early Modern English also had a now-obsolete verb punge "to prick, pierce; to smart, cause to sting," from Latin pungere. Related: Pungently.

1. He enjoyed the play 's shrewd and pungent social analysis.

彼は劇中の鋭敏で鋭い社会分析が好きだ。

2.The taste is bitter and disagreeably pungent .

味は苦くて辛くてむせび泣く。

3.the pungent smell of burning rubber

焼成ゴムの刺激臭

4.The pungent ，choking smell of sulphur filled the air.

空気中に鼻を突いてむせ返る硫黄の匂いが漂っている.

5.This is the pungent and original argument.

これが鋭く独自性のある論点です。