See Also: laden(medicine)
laden(dictionary)
laden(dictionary)
bin Laden, Osama(encyclopedia)
doom-laden(dictionary)
Gutenberg, Johannes (Gensfleisch zur Laden zum)(encyclopedia)

pungent (oh) and laden (medicine)


pungent (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: , present participle of pungere 'to prick, sting']
having a strong taste or smell
pungent smell/aroma/odour etc
::the pungent odour of garlic
formal pungent speech or Writing is clever and direct, and usually criticizes someone or something strongly
::He expressed some fairly pungent criticisms.
-- pungently adv
-- pungency n [U]

laden (medicine)


laden


Loaded; freighted; burdened; as, a laden vessel; a laden heart. "Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity." (Is. I. 4) "A ship laden with gold." (Shak)

Source: Websters Dictionary