Pi"quant (?), a. [F., p.pr. of piquer to prick or sting. See Pike.]
Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote.
"As
piquant to the tongue as salt."
Addison. "
Piquant railleries."
Gov. of Tongue.
© Webster 1913.