Definitions for piquant

piquant pi·quant

Spelling: [pee-kuh nt, -kahnt, pee-kahnt]
IPA: /ˈpi kənt, -kɑnt, piˈkɑnt/

Piquant is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in piquant (ainpqtu).

Definitions for piquant

adjective

  1. agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart:
  2. agreeably stimulating, interesting, or attractive:
  3. of an interestingly provocative or lively character:
  4. Archaic. sharp or stinging, especially to the feelings.

Origin of piquant

1515-25; French: literally, pricking (see pique1, -ant); replacing pickante Italian piccante

Examples for piquant

She stopped here, and challenged my opinion with a piquant, questioning look.

That was a piquant incident at the College as described by Hal.

What is so piquant here is not the fact that Hillary understands that Obama is president.

And of these, the following, if not the most piquant and interesting, are the most indispensable to our History.

A couple of years before, he had applied his special broth of piquant newspaperese to the pages of Spin magazine.

It was so much more beautiful to be dainty and small and piquant.

If you hurry, you'll still find sun-kissed yellows, rusty reds, and an orange so piquant you'll want a bite out of it.

It was a recollection of this that made the present situation so piquant and humorous.

Not all the sauces in Christendom could have made it so piquant and appetizing.

But that bit about the sober gray eyes and the piquant chin Jane was responsible for.

Word Value for piquant
Scrable

18

Words with friends

21

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