Both Uses of
pique
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- I should like you to have a dark blue velvet coat, a white pique waistcoat, and a soft gray felt hat….†
Chpt 5 *
- What piqued him most was that these boys of fifteen turned up their noses at him too superciliously, and were at first disposed to treat him as "a small boy," not fit to associate with them, and that was an unendurable insult.†
Chpt 10
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