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piquante (comparative more piquante, superlative most piquante)

  1. Alternative form of piquant.
    • 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:
      "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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See also: piquanté

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piquante

  1. feminine singular of piquant

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