Definition of Piquing

1. Verb. (present participle of pique) ¹

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Definition of Piquing

1. pique [v] - See also: pique

Lexicographical Neighbors of Piquing

pique
piqued
piqueer
piqueered
piqueerer
piqueerers
piqueering
piqueers
piques
piquet
piqueted
piqueting
piquets
piquillo
piquillos
piquing (current term)
piqure diabetes
pir
piracetam
piracetams
piracies
piracy
piragua
piraguas
pirai
pirais
pirameter
pirameters
pirana
piranas

Literary usage of Piquing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1901)
"Thus supported, he advances with less danger. The satellites of power piquing themselves but little on uprightness, and still less on candour, ..."

2. Lothair by Benjamin Disraeli (1879)
"with the amiable intention of piquing Lady St. Aldegonde; bat if so, he had not succeeded. Beaming with brightness, with the voice and airiness of a bird, ..."

3. The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1901)
"Thus supported, he advances with less danger. The satellites of power piquing themselves but little on uprightness, and still less on candour, ..."

4. Lothair by Benjamin Disraeli (1879)
"with the amiable intention of piquing Lady St. Aldegonde; bat if so, he had not succeeded. Beaming with brightness, with the voice and airiness of a bird, ..."

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