"piquante" meaning in English

See piquante in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more piquante [comparative], most piquante [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} piquante (comparative more piquante, superlative most piquante)
  1. Alternative form of piquant. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: piquant
    Sense id: en-piquante-en-adj-Ypdp-KID Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter III, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 25:",
          "text": "\"The character you assume,\" continued Lady Rotheles, not heeding the interruption, \"must be completely in opposition to that to which his attention is at present directed. Mary is tame, meek, spiritless—you must, therefore, be lively, quick, and piquante...",
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          "text": "\"The character you assume,\" continued Lady Rotheles, not heeding the interruption, \"must be completely in opposition to that to which his attention is at present directed. Mary is tame, meek, spiritless—you must, therefore, be lively, quick, and piquante...",
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