Both Uses of
pique
in
Sense and Sensibility
- Lady Middleton piqued herself upon the elegance of her table, and of all her domestic arrangements; and from this kind of vanity was her greatest enjoyment in any of their parties.†
Chpt 7 *
- " 'tis because you are an indifferent person," said Lucy, with some pique, and laying a particular stress on those words, "that your judgment might justly have such weight with me.†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(pique as in: in a pique about it) a feeling of resentment or indignation; or to excite such a feeling