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Meanings of
piquancy
in английском
A tart spicy quality.
zest
tang
nip
tanginess
piquance
piquantness
Usage of
piquancy
in английском
1
A mere 17 years later, those questions have assumed a turbo-charged
piquancy
.
2
In the Larghetto one group occasionally interrupts the other, giving it
piquancy
.
3
There is a fascinating
piquancy
in the strange slang and conversational intermixture.
4
A Grecian nose would take all the
piquancy
out of her face.
5
We are fast becoming the victims of a perfect passion for
piquancy
.
6
This, no doubt, added greatly to the immediate
piquancy
of the allusions.
7
It possesses less
piquancy
than the Scarlet, but is some days later.
8
There is an indescribable
piquancy
about his epigrams and sallies of thought.
9
He imagined that that sort of thing lent a
piquancy
to conversation.
10
It adds
piquancy
to conversation, as a mushroom does to a sauce.
11
A few chopped gherkins, capers, or chillies will give the required
piquancy
.
12
The fact McGinley is from the Republic could have added a certain
piquancy
.
13
The tongue recognises the value of sweetness or
piquancy
in food.
14
There was a
piquancy
in the experiment that appealed to him.
15
Her voice took on a different timbre, enjoying the
piquancy
of their fear.
16
These breakfast interludes had not lost
piquancy
in all these months.
Other examples for "piquancy"
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About this term
piquancy
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
certain piquancy
add piquancy
be a piquancy
give piquancy
more piquancy
More collocations
Piquancy
through the time
Piquancy
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common