piquant Definition
pi·quant (pē′kənt, -känt, -kwənt)
adjective
- agreeably pungent or stimulating to the taste; pleasantly sharp or biting
- exciting agreeable interest or curiosity; stimulating; provocative
- Archaic piercing or stinging; bitter
Etymology: Fr, prp. of piquer, to prick, sting: see pike
piquant Related Forms
pi′·quancy noun or pi′·quant·ness
pi′·quantly adverb
piquant Synonyms
piquant
modif.
piquant Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- sauce: They serve the freshest seafood: try scampi in a piquant tomato sauce on a bed of pasta.
- flavor: A faintly sad sight, but with the piquant flavor of the remote past.
- cheese: Excellent with aged and piquant cheeses like parmesan and pecorino.
- dish: However, it's the piquant local dishes as much as the imported staples of French cuisine that make dining such a treat.
- taste: It had taken on an aromatic smell with an unusual piquant taste.
- aroma: In short the Sun gives us a sweet yet piquant aroma.
Modifying Another Word
deliciously: A deliciously piquant dish of burgers, bullies and revenge!
Browse dictionary entries near piquant
- ‹ piquancy
- ‹ piqué
- ‹ pipy
- ‹ pipsqueak
- ‹ pipsissewa
- ‹ pippin
- ‹ pipkin
- ‹ pipit
- ‹ pipistrelle
- ‹ piping
- pique ›
- piqued ›
- piquet ›
- piracy ›
- Piraeus ›
- piragua ›
- Pirandello ›
- Pirandello, Luigi ›
- Piranesi ›
- piranha ›

