Piercingness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Piercing \Pier"cing\, a.
     Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point;
     perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively;
     as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. "Piercing eloquence."
     --Shak.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Pier"cing*ly}, adv. -- {Pier"cing*ness},


     n.
     [1913 Webster]