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piquant
(archaic) Causing hurt feelings; scathing, severe.
Stimulating to the senses; engaging; charming.
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Their husbands […] leave home to seek for more agreeable, may I be allowed to use a significant French word, piquant society […]
He looked after her as she retreated, with a fondness which was rendered more piquant, as it were, by the mixture of a certain scorn which accompanied it.
Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; tangy.
Producing a burning sensation due to the presence of chilies or similar spices; spicy, hot.
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