ponent

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpəʊnənt/

Noun

ponent (uncountable)

1. the west; the area of the setting sun

Adjective

ponent (not comparable)

1. pertaining to the west, westerly
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     There was an ambiguity surpassing conjecture in her eyes, and the wind rose up around us in that half barbaric Russian garden with its alien Diana blackened by snows and fierce ponent winds

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