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piquantn.adj. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French piquant. Etymology: < Middle French, French piquant (noun) something thrown (1372), sharp point (1416; 1688 in specific sense ‘hedgehog spine’: compare quot. 1494 at sense A. 1), (adjective) having a sharp taste (1398), biting, stinging (1480), spiky (1546), use as noun and adjective of present participle of piquer to prick, pierce, sting: see pick v.1 (compare pique v.2). Compare Spanish picante (1596), Italian piccante (a1597), adjectives.In β. and γ. forms with alteration of the ending after -and suffix1 (and, subsequently, -ing suffix2). In form piccant after Italian piccante. A. n.the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Erinaceidae (hedgehog) > prickle of 1494 Loutfut MS f. 19, in at Pikan(t The herichon..is..armyt..with spines thornys or pickandis. 1835 W. Kirby II. xvii. 213 The two most remarkable animals in the insectivorous tribe..are the mole, and the hedgehog,..the latter for its piquants, and the former for its hand turned outwards. 1862 Feb. 223/2 The population of Dunderbank..began to follow its several noses—snubs, beaks, blunts, sharps, piquants, dominants, fines, bulgies, and bifids. the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > food by way of preparation > [noun] > highly seasoned dish 1843 239 He pined for the piquants—he had dreams of the savouries. 1850 C. H. Meeker tr. ‘J. H. Rausse’ 269 The allopathic tonics, bitters, and piquants, are the sworn mortal enemies of the stomach. 2003 (Nexis) 2 Sept. 1 c A food processor really helps amalgamate the olives, roasted peppers, garlic,..leftover bacon or other piquants into a spread. B. adj.society > authority > strictness > [adjective] > severe or stern the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adjective] the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > cause of mental anguish or torment > [adjective] society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > mordant 1521 T. Wolsey in (1830) I. 43 Notwithstanding the pickande wordes conteigned in thEmperours letters. ?1591 T. Coningsby Jrnl. Siege Rouen (Harl. 288) 29 in (1847) I This daie the marshall wrote a letter..a lytle pickante. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio sig. E7 His chiefe ayme was by some picquant words or argutenesse to put them into choler. 1654 E. Wolley tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ 6 The pangs of the Gout are so sharpe and picquant. 1745 E. Haywood III. xvi. 200 A mutual Discontent grows up on both Sides, which at length discovers itself in piquant Words and little Sarcasms. 1789 E. Darwin Let. 19 Apr. in W. S. Dallas tr. E. Krause (1879) 37 Never to make any piquant or angry answer. 1868 S. Lanier i. 131 Urged him on With piquant spur. 1872 30 Nov. 9/4 Every harsh word or piquant criticism of English writers about America. 1963 J. L. H. Keep iv. 147 It earned them a piquant rebuke from a sympathetic critic, Helphand (Parvus): You are behaving in the manner of a shoal of orthodox carp, [etc.]. 1999 (Nexis) 16 Feb. 1 n Knight and Northwestern coach Kevin O'Neill exchanged piquant words..and appeared almost ready to duke it out before peacemakers intervened. the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus sig. Miij Who is he so blunt and restiue, that could not with theyr pickant spurres be quickened? 1650 J. Bulwer 261 When sharp piquant Toes were altogether in request. the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > piquantly exciting society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > piquant 1645 W. Denton Let. in F. P. Verney et al. (1892) II. x. 222 It is one of the best bookis I ever read; he is strangely piquante and short and strangely convincinge. 1695 47 It falls below being piquant, and keeps within the Limits and Precincts of Modesty. 1706 J. Savage tr. R. de Piles 319 He [sc. Rembrandt] design'd an infinite Number of Thoughts, that were as sensible and as Picquant as the Productions of the best Masters. 1792 M. Wollstonecraft iv. 144 Their husbands..leave home to seek for more agreeable, may I be allowed to use a significant French word, piquant society. 1819 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings (1884) I Your notices of literary works should be short, light, and piquant. 1873 S. Smiles i. i. 3 That picquante letter-writer, Madame de Sévigné. 1920 D. H. Lawrence viii. 109 The flavour of her slang was piquant to him. 1994 69/1 A piquant Melissa Errico makes a nicely pert, beautifully sung Eliza. the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [adjective] the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > promoting appetite the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > pungent 1645 J. Howell v. xxxviii. 42 [A cook] excellent for a pickant sawce, and the haugou. 1656 T. Stanley II. v. 78 The differences of Sapours are seven; sweet, sharp, sowre, picqueant, salt, acid, bitter. 1705 J. Addison 301 As piquant to the Tongue as Salt it self. 1788 J. Ash 94 Alkaline waters are distinguishable, besides the piquant flavour and effervescence with acids, by a peculiar lixivious taste. 1827 B. Disraeli III. v. xiii. 256 As piquant as an anchovy toast. 1883 J. Fiske 23 Mar. (1940) 498 Fried cod with piquante sauce. 1948 i. 15 Something piquant should be served with a dish that is very bland, as..lemon sauce with steamed sponge pudding. 1996 Easter 30/1 The classic blue-veined Roquefort is a smooth, creamy, piquant cheese made only from sheep's milk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.1494 |
