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Definition
having an agreeably pungent or spicy taste
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engagingly stimulating or provocative
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engagingly stimulating or provocative
- What gave the marriage piquancy was that it was preceded by an elopement, and this greatly captivated Adelaida Ivanovna's fancy.Book 1 — The History Of A Family (5% in)
- These paragraphs, it was said, were so interesting and piquant that they were soon taken.Book 1 — The History Of A Family (35% in)
- I made it up to add piquancy.Book 2 — An Unfortunate Gathering (13% in)
- 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....Book 3 — The Sensualists (10% in)
There are no more uses of "piquant" in The Brothers Karamazov.
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