Usually means: Spicy, stimulating, pleasantly sharp taste.
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  1. piquant: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. piquant: Merriam-Webster
  3. piquant: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. piquant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. piquant: Collins English Dictionary
  6. piquant: Vocabulary.com
  7. Piquant, piquant: Wordnik
  8. piquant: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. piquant: Wiktionary
  10. piquant: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. piquant: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. piquant: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Piquant, piquant: Dictionary.com
  14. piquant: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. piquant: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Piquant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Piquant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. piquant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. piquant: Rhymezone
  20. Piquant, piquant(e): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. piquant: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. piquant: FreeDictionary.org
  23. piquant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. piquant: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Paris Cookbook (No longer online)
  2. Epicurus.com Cheese Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Epicurus.com French Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Epicurus.com Food Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. piquant: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. piquant: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. piquant: A Word A Day
  2. piquant: Wordcraft Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bryological (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. piquant: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Piquant: Glossary of Cheese Terms
  2. Glossary of Coffee Terminology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (archaic) Causing hurt feelings; scathing, severe.
adjective:  Stimulating to the senses; engaging; charming.
adjective:  Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; tangy.
adjective:  Producing a burning sensation due to the presence of chilies or similar spices; spicy, hot.

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