lancinate
lan·ci·nate
adjective
1.
as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument
- “a cutting wind”
- “keen winds”
- “knifelike cold”
- “piercing knifelike pains”
- “piercing cold”
- “piercing criticism”
- “a stabbing pain”
- “lancinating pain”
Origin
First attested in 1603; borrowed from Latin lancinātus, perfect passive participle of lancinō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French lanciner.
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