All 4 Uses of
piquant
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- What gave the marriage piquancy was that it was preceded by an elopement, and this greatly captivated Adelaida Ivanovna's fancy.†
Chpt 1 *
- These paragraphs, it was said, were so interesting and piquant that they were soon taken.†
Chpt 1
- I made it up to add piquancy.†
Chpt 2
- But Fyodor Pavlovitch, who was among them, sprang forward and declared that it was by no means impossible, and that, indeed, there was a certain piquancy about it, and so on....It is true that at that time he was overdoing his part as a buffoon.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
having an agreeably pungent or spicy taste
or:
engagingly stimulating or provocative
or:
engagingly stimulating or provocative