PIQUANT Meaning of PIQUANT in English adj.1 agreeably pungent, sharp, or appetizing. 2 pleasantly stimulating, or disquieting, to the mind. Derivatives: piquancy n. piquantly adv. Etymology: F, pres. part. of piquer (as PIQUE(1)) Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012