pi·quant

[pee-kuhnt, -kahnt, pee-kahnt]
adjective
1.
agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart: a piquant aspic.
2.
agreeably stimulating, interesting, or attractive: a piquant glance.
3.
of an interestingly provocative or lively character: a piquant wit.
4.
Archaic. sharp or stinging, especially to the feelings.

Origin:
1515–25; < French: literally, pricking (see pique1, -ant); replacing pickante < Italian piccante

pi·quan·cy, pi·quant·ness, noun
pi·quant·ly, adverb


1. spicy. 2. intriguing. 3. sharp, clever.


1. insipid.
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piquant (ˈpiːkənt, -kɑːnt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  having an agreeably pungent or tart taste
2.  lively or stimulating to the mind
 
[C16: from French (literally: prickling), from piquer to prick, goad; see pique1]
 
'piquancy
 
n
 
'piquantness
 
n
 
'piquantly
 
adv

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piquant
1521, from M.Fr. piquant "pricking, stimulating, irritating," from O.Fr. prp. of piquer "to prick, sting, nettle" (see pike (2)).
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Example sentences
Its fine white meat is needed to give the bouillabaisse its piquant
  almost sharp — taste.
Green sauces are invariably piquant and herbacious.
The butter dissolves well with the oil, thickens the dressing and gives it a
  piquant taste.
It is a piquant collage of moods and colors, its buoyant fantasies shadowed by
  tragedy and loss.
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