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piquant
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Definition:1. sharp in flavor; spicy2. stimulating and interesting
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Queen: No, if we went around punishing people for being stupid Nursie would have been in prison all her life.
Melchett: A very piquant observation, Majesty.
BBC. Blackadder, season 2: Chains
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“What is it?” said Rosa, a bright, piquant little quadroon who came skipping down stairs at this moment.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)
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"It's like it is in the Bible; there there are, you know, more than one piquant detail, matters really libidinous!"
Gustave Flaubert. Madame Bovary
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the eccentricity of the proceeding was piquant: I felt interested to see how he would go on.
Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre (1847)
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