All 6 Uses of
piquant
in
Jane Eyre
- Besides, the eccentricity of the proceeding was piquant: I felt interested to see how he would go on.†
Chpt 13 *
- Of her daughters, the eldest, Amy, was rather little: naive, and child-like in face and manner, and piquant in form; her white muslin dress and blue sash became her well.†
Chpt 17
- Is she piquant?†
Chpt 24
- I was an intellectual epicure, and wished to prolong the gratification of making this novel and piquant acquaintance: besides, I was for a while troubled with a haunting fear that if I handled the flower freely its bloom would fade — the sweet charm of freshness would leave it.†
Chpt 27
- Still some novelty was necessary, to give to their return the piquancy with which I wished it to be invested.†
Chpt 34
- Besides, there is that peculiar voice of hers, so animating and piquant, as well as soft: it cheers my withered heart; it puts life into it.†
Chpt 37
Definition:
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(piquant) having an agreeably pungent or spicy taste
or:
engagingly stimulating or provocative