刺し衝しょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

stabbing; stimulation

Rare literary or technical term for a piercing stimulus, either physical (stabbing) or figurative (mental/emotional stimulation). Modern Japanese more often uses 刺激 (しげき) for stimulation and 刺すこと or 突き刺し for stabbing.

• 古ふるい医い学がく書しょに「刺し衝しょう」という語ごが見みられる。

  The word 刺衝 can be found in old medical texts.

• その詩しは読どく者しゃの心こころに刺し衝しょうを与あたえる。

  That poem gives a sharp stimulus to the reader's heart.