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piquant
1. adj. Engaging; charming.
2. adj. Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; stimulating.
3. adj. (archaic) Causing hurt feelings; scathing.

Example Sentences

It was a minor insight into a major royal, but a strangely piquant one for all that.  After a year or two's convalescence they'll come bouncing back into the language and be greeted as if they were fresh and piquant.

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