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▪ I. piqued obs. or arch. form of peaked a.
a1672Wilkins in H. Rogers Life J. Howe iv. (1863) 106 While you..are for setting the top on the piqued end down⁓wards, you won't be able to keep it up any longer than you continue whipping and scourging. a1697Aubrey Nat. Hist. Surrey (1719) V. 278 A fair House..where the piqued Turret is. 1793Minstrel II. 140 Shoes sharply piqued at the toes. ▪ II. piqued, ppl. a.|piːkt| [f. pique v.1 + -ed1.] Offended, irritated; excited: see the vb.
1689tr. Jurieu's Past. Lett. Transl. Epist., The same learned Man..hath written sundry piqued Books with bitterness and gall enough against the Reformed. 1742Young Nt. Th. v. 840 On his Wiles a piqu'd and jealous Spy. 1851Wardlaw Zechariah vii. (1869) 132 Those piqued and jealous enemies. 1880Mrs. Forrester Roy & V. I. 19, ‘I am delighted..’, says Lord Charles in a piqued tone. 1902Daily Chron. 29 Apr. 7/1 One after another gratified a piqued curiosity and raised the cloth and peeped. |