Both Uses of
pique
in
Candide
- I would never even have spoken to you of my misfortunes, had you not piqued me a little, and if it were not customary to tell stories on board a ship in order to pass away the time.†
Chpt 12
- Is it for you to pique yourself upon inviolable fidelity?†
Chpt 13 *
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