"piquancy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: piquancies [plural]
Etymology: piquant + -cy Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|piquant|cy}} piquant + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} piquancy (countable and uncountable, plural piquancies)
  1. The degree to which something is piquant, stimulating or exciting. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (degree to which something is piquant): пикантност (pikantnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Pikanterie [feminine] (German), pikanteria [feminine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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