Piquancy
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The degree to which something is piquant, stimulating or exciting. countable, uncountable
"At fifteen, her poetry of feeling (you see I do my best to please you with a phrase) would just give piquancy and freshness to her entry into life; but at twenty,..."
- 2 the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting wordnet
- 3 a tart spicy quality wordnet
Example
More examples"At fifteen, her poetry of feeling (you see I do my best to please you with a phrase) would just give piquancy and freshness to her entry into life; but at twenty,..."
Etymology
From piquant + -cy.
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