transcription, транскрипция: [ pi:kənt, -kɑ:nt ]
1.
Food that is piquant has a pleasantly spicy taste. ( WRITTEN )
...a crisp mixed salad with an unusually piquant dressing.
ADJ
• pi‧quan‧cy
A little mustard is served on the side to add further piquancy.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Something that is piquant is interesting and exciting. ( WRITTEN )
There may well have been a piquant novelty about her books when they came out.
ADJ
• pi‧quan‧cy
Piquancy was added to the situation because Dr Porter was then on the point of marrying Hugh Miller.
N-UNCOUNT