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Meanings of piquancy in English

A tart spicy quality.

Usage of piquancy in English
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A mere 17 years later, those questions have assumed a turbo-charged piquancy.
The Irish Times
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In the Larghetto one group occasionally interrupts the other, giving it piquancy.
Beethoven, a character study / Together with Wagner's indebtedne...
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There is a fascinating piquancy in the strange slang and conversational intermixture.
Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
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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...
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We are fast becoming the victims of a perfect passion for piquancy.
Mushrooms on the Moor
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This, no doubt, added greatly to the immediate piquancy of the allusions.
Among My Books. Second Series
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It possesses less piquancy than the Scarlet, but is some days later.
The Field and Garden Vegetables of America / Containing Full Des...
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There is an indescribable piquancy about his epigrams and sallies of thought.
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
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He imagined that that sort of thing lent a piquancy to conversation.
A Venetian June
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It adds piquancy to conversation, as a mushroom does to a sauce.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
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A few chopped gherkins, capers, or chillies will give the required piquancy.
Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) / Up-To-Date Health Cookery fo...
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The fact McGinley is from the Republic could have added a certain piquancy.
The Irish Times
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The tongue recognises the value of sweetness or piquancy in food.
Light on the Path and Through the Gates of Gold
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There was a piquancy in the experiment that appealed to him.
The Helpmate
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Her voice took on a different timbre, enjoying the piquancy of their fear.
Complete Books of Blood
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These breakfast interludes had not lost piquancy in all these months.
The Golden House
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