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Definition of Piquing
1. pique [v] - See also: pique
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piquing
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, ..."