piquant

Mistry agrees that “really piquant spices go well with sprouts.”
A guide to Brussels sprouts: How to choose, store, season and cook the versatile vegetable|Daniela Galarza|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
Piquancy is added to the last point because the other main contender for Fed chair is a woman, and a highly qualified one at that.
Will Obama Learn the Right Lesson From the Summers Debacle?|Michael Tomasky|September 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The list gains piquancy because it appears on the blog of the left-leaning Roosevelt Institute.
Stimulus for Conservatives|David Frum|August 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Their picturesque pronunciation gives their conversation a piquancy which defies imitation.
Friend Mac Donald|Max O'Rell

It would be difficult to speak too highly of them; they have a piquancy and grace which is in the highest degree attractive.
A Cursory History of Swearing|Julian Sharman
The Edinburgh Review” said: “For many years there has been no work of such power, piquancy, and originality.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1893|Various
He swore with force and piquancy, and original embellishments for old-time oaths which was like a sharp sauce to an unsavory dish.
The Flockmaster of Poison Creek|George W. Ogden
There was not a little piquancy in the expression of her countenance, and Richard felt it strangely attractive.
There and Back|George MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for piquant

piquant

/ (ˈpiːkənt, -kɑːnt) /

adjective

having an agreeably pungent or tart taste

lively or stimulating to the mind

Derived forms of piquant

piquancy or rare piquantness, nounpiquantly, adverb

Word Origin for piquant

C16: from French (literally: prickling), from piquer to prick, goad; see pique 1

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