astringence

English

Alternative forms

• astringency

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɪndʒ.əns/

Noun

astringence (countable and uncountable, plural astringences)

1. Alternative form of astringency
   • 2008, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content 1239: “Good For Him, Really”

     I know I’m probably the laughingstock of this establishment, but I have to ask anyway, if only to feel the cleansing astringence of rejection.

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

astringence f (plural astringences)

1. astringency

Further reading

• “astringence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.