intrenchant

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adjective

Not to be cut or sliced.

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Meanings

adjectiveintrenchant (comparative more intrenchant, superlative most intrenchant)

comparative more intrenchant · superlative most intrenchant

  1. obsoleteNot to be cut or sliced.

    As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed.

    c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene viii]

Origin

From in- + trenchant.

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APA

intrenchant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrenchant

MLA

“intrenchant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrenchant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intrenchant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intrenchant.

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