Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - piquant
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Piquant
piquant
1. Food that is piquant has a pleasantly spicy taste. (WRITTEN) ...a crisp mixed salad with an unusually piquant dressing. ADJ • piquancy A little mustard is served on the side to add further piquancy. N-UNCOUNT 2. Something that is piquant is interesting and exciting. (WRITTEN) There may well have been a piquant novelty about her books when they came out. ADJ • piquancy Piquancy was added to the situation because Dr Porter was then on the point of marrying Hugh Miller. N-UNCOUNT
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1.
adjective Etymology: Middle French, from present participle of piquer Date: 1630 1. agreeably stimulating to the palate; especially spicy 2. engagingly provocative; also having a lively arch charm Synonyms: see pungent • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
adj. 1 agreeably pungent, sharp, or appetizing. 2 pleasantly stimulating, or disquieting, to the mind. Derivatives piquancy n. piquantly adv. Etymology: F, pres. part. of piquer (as PIQUE(1)) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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4.
~ adj 1 having a pleasantly sharp taste or flavour (a piquant tomato sauce) 2 interesting and exciting; intriguing (The disappearance of the letter made the situation all the more piquant.) - piquantly adv - piquancy n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
5.
- 1521, from M.Fr. piquant "pricking, stimulating, irritating," from O.Fr., prp. of piquer "to prick, sting, nettle" (see pike (2)). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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