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Piquant

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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1.
  ~ 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
2.
  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 ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
   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
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  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
5.
  adj. пикантный also fig. Syn: see savoury ...
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