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Meanings of piquance in English

A tart spicy quality.

      Synonyms
      Examples for "zest"
      Examples for "zest"
      1
      Your father negotiated the betrothal with such zest all those years ago.
      The notorious scoundrel
      2
      Thought of the coming night had taken the zest out of trading.
      Gather, Darkness!
      3
      Also, feel free to use orange curls or zest as a garnish.
      Ebony
      4
      Sprinkle lemon zest on top and refrigerate until set, about 1 hour.
      The South African
      5
      The children entered into the spirit of the thing with great zest.
      Driven Back to Eden
      1
      He knew the place at once by the tang of sea air.
      Brotherhood of the Wolf
      2
      His keen nostrils caught the faint tang of smoke in the air.
      Nomads of the North: A Story of Romance and Adventure under the ...
      3
      The air was balmy, with a tang of the sea in it.
      The Story of My Life / With her letters (1887-1901) and a supple...
      4
      It has several names, including royal blue tang, regal tang and surgeonfish.
      BBC
      5
      The cream of her skin glowed softly with the tang of it.
      The Window-Gazer
      1
      Seize him, my lord, and you nip the rebellion in the bud.
      Princess Maritza
      2
      There was a nip in the wind, and he had no overcoat.
      The Dark House
      3
      If we see signs of carelessness, we nip them in the bud.
      Library Work with Children
      4
      Bullets began to whistle among the branches and nip at the trees.
      The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
      5
      If I did, I believe she'd tactfully nip them in the bud.
      Carmen's Messenger
      1
      A mere 17 years later, those questions have assumed a turbo-charged piquancy.
      The Irish Times
      2
      In the Larghetto one group occasionally interrupts the other, giving it piquancy.
      Beethoven, a character study / Together with Wagner's indebtedne...
      3
      There is a fascinating piquancy in the strange slang and conversational intermixture.
      Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
      4
      A Grecian nose would take all the piquancy out of her face.
      A Little Girl of Long Ago; Or, Hannah Ann / A Sequel to a Little...
      5
      We are fast becoming the victims of a perfect passion for piquancy.
      Mushrooms on the Moor
      1
      Thus, conservative conspiracies have lost their essential lunatic tanginess.
      Idiot america: how stupidity became a virtue in the land of the ...
      2
      Although the sugar content is high it is not excessively sweet and has a pleasing tanginess.
      The Irish Times
      3
      Sweet caramelized onions and apples balance its tanginess.
      The food matters cookbook: 500 revolutionary recipes for better ...
      4
      Perhaps the strange, mouth-puckering, acid-metal tanginess of grapefruit juice will become a lost British taste, like liver and bacon.
      The Guardian
      5
      For me, this gutsy dish is the perfect union between the richness of eggs and robust tanginess of tomatoes.
      The Irish Times
      Usage of piquance in English
      1
      He caught the fineness of her nose, straight as a Grecian's, but with some faint suggestion about the nostrils that hinted at piquance.
      The Blazed Trail
      2
      "You belonged in the majority, then!" said Cigarette, with a piquance made a thousand times more piquant by the camp slang she spoke in.
      Under Two Flags
      Frequent collocations
      Piquance through the time