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piquancy|ˈpiːkənsɪ|
Also 7 picq-.
[f. piquant: see -ancy.]
†1. Sharpness, severity. Obs.
a1677Barrow Serm. (1687) I. xiv. 204 Satyrical taunts do owe their seeming piquancy, not to the speaker,..but to the subject, and the hearers. 1698[R. Ferguson] View Eccles. 16 That the reader may..judge, with what Meekness and Decency, tho with some measure of Picquancy, I treat them.
2. Of food, etc.: Stimulating pungency or tartness; appetizing flavour.
1664Evelyn Pomona iv. 13 To salute our Palats with a more agreeable piquancy and tartness. 1871G. H. Napheys Prev. & Cure Dis. i. ii. 83 Imparting piquancy to the food. 1884Browning Ferishtah Prol. 17 First, food—then, piquancy.
3. fig. Of manner, speech, etc.: The quality of being piquant (in sense 3); racy quality.
In quot. 1683 said of the impression made upon the mind.
1683Cave Ecclesiastici, Ambrose 419 His style..leaves a picquancy and quick relish in the Readers mind. 1685J. Scott Chr. Life ii. 129 Give a relish and picquancy to our Conversation. 1826Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. (1863) 305 There was a tasteful smartness in her dress,..with a gentillesse in her air, and a piquancy of expression. 1836Emerson Nature, Lang. Wks. (Bohn) II. 151 It is this which gives that piquancy to the conversation of a strong⁓natured farmer or backwoodsman. 1851D. G. Mitchell Dream Life (1852) 147 Her conversation delights you by its piquancy and grace. |