Piquant
['piːk(ə)nt;-kɒnt] or ['pikənt]
Definition
(adj.) engagingly stimulating or provocative; 'a piquant wit'; 'salty language' .
(adj.) having an agreeably pungent taste .
Edited by Francine--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote.
Editor: Timmy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Pungent, biting, pricking, stinging, high-flavored, high-seasoned.[2]. Sharp, tart, severe, cutting, pointed.
Inputed by Frances
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pungent, sharp, lively, racy, severe, biting, cutting, smart, stimulating,keen, stinging, tart
ANT:Tame, dull, flat, characterless, insipid
Typed by Duane
Definition
adj. stimulating to the taste: of a lively spark.—n. Piq′uancy.—adv. Piq′uantly.
Checker: Sylvia
Examples
- Hereupon I was made the object of a string of strictures rather piquant than polite. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Gerald thought him a strange fool, and yet piquant. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- On the contrary, it seemed rather a piquant thing to us to chevy him about the playground and hit him over the shins with a wicket. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Let us quote one or two piquant personal observations of a more specific nature as to the odd characters Edison drew around him in his experimenting. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A piquant notion suggested by lips of that tint and form. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Rebecca used to mimic her to her face with the most admirable gravity, thereby rendering the imitation doubly piquant to her worthy patroness. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Often a drop of irony into an indifferent situation renders the whole piquant. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Is she piquant? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Jessy, with her little piquant face, engaging prattle, and winning ways, is made to be a pet, and her father's pet she accordingly is. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Besides, there is that peculiar voice of hers, so animating and piquant, as well as soft: it cheers my withered heart; it puts life into it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- There was something so piquant and original in these elucidations of humanity, that Mr. Shelby could not help laughing in company. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Besides, the eccentricity of the proceeding was piquant: I felt interested to see how he would go on. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The flavour of her slang was piquant to him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Fresh scandals have eclipsed it, and their more piquant details have drawn the gossips away from this four-year-old drama. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Checker: Sylvia