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Definition of Piquancy
1. Noun. A tart spicy quality.
Generic synonyms: Spice, Spicery, Spiciness
Derivative terms: Nippy, Tangy, Zest, Zesty
2. Noun. The quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting.
Definition of Piquancy
1. n. The quality or state of being piquant.
Definition of Piquancy
1. Noun. The degree to which something is piquant, stimulating or exciting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Piquancy
1. the quality of being piquant [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piquancy
Literary usage of Piquancy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... his language, although having all the piquancy, naïveté, and originality of
the old French chronicles, is always dignified and becoming. ..."
2. Portrait Miniatures: From the Time of Holbein 1531 to that of Sir William by George Charles Williamson (1897)
"The charming piquancy of this comment by the painter is most valuable. How one
would like to know further details as to the story so slightly indicated. ..."
3. History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in M.DCC by Archibald Alison (1855)
"Now Published, Volumes I. and IL of THE NOCTES AMBROSIAN/E. To be completed in
Four Volumes, price 6s. each. piquancy The result is a series of dialogues, ..."
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