piquant
Adjective Satellite
- having an agreeably pungent taste
- engagingly stimulating or provocative
- "a piquant wit"
- attracting or delighting
- "a piquant face with large appealing eyes"
Adj
- Causing hurt feelings; scathing, severe.
- Stimulating to the senses; engaging; charming.
- Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; tangy.
- Producing a burning sensation due to the presence of chilies or similar spices; spicy, hot.
Adjective
- Having a pleasantly sharp, stimulating taste or quality.
Examples
- His PIQUANT vocabulary choices always made Scrabble games more interesting.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French piquant (“pricking, stimulating, irritating”), present participle of piquer, possibly from Old French pikier (“to prick, sting, nettle”). Doublet of picong. Related to pike.
Scrabble Score: 18
piquant: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpiquant: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
piquant: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 21
piquant: valid Words With Friends Word