piquancy
IPA: pˈikʌnsi
noun
- The degree to which something is piquant, stimulating or exciting.
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Examples of "piquancy" in Sentences
- She likes soda because of its piquancy.
- Somehow Brad Pitt doesn't have the same piquancy.
- A side order of avocado helped to temper the piquancy.
- To cure hangover, it is good to eat something piquancy.
- Those things all seem part of fashion's usual piquancy.
- The sweet chili sauce flooded the dish with excess piquancy.
- The way the beast is finally snared has a certain architectural piquancy.
- The scale used to measure chile pepper piquancy is called the Scoville scale.
- A seriously salty number, although here the piquancy hits the front of the tongue.
- His French name gave a kind of piquancy to his audacity; he was unusual; he was striking.
- ¹ Scoville Heat Unit, a system of measurement for establishing the "piquancy" of a chili pepper.
- In practice, the mild piquancy of the Mexican salsa fresca worked in with the hearty Cajun spices.
- My mother, a teacher for nearly twenty years, liked the picture but missed the "piquancy" of the novel.
- The RedHot adds enough of a dose of piquancy that keeps the dip from falling into the tedium of so many other hot dips.
- But what this sauce lacked in piquancy, it made up for it in creamy comfort and a taste so smooth I’d always order an extra bowl on the side.
- It is true that the curly-leaved endive is at times to be obtained here, but it is extensively cultivated in England, as it is very crisp and tender, while it also possesses a piquancy which is greatly appreciated.
- To be fair, Lesley does suggest using the juice from pickled beetroot to improve the colour of the soup, which has the virtue of imparting a certain piquancy, but goes against Maria Lemnis' stern prohibition on the use of vinegar in borscht.
- Indeed, this moral intention, so often idly and offensively put forward by those who are themselves mere pornographers, pervades Restif throughout, and, while it certainly sometimes does carry dulness with it, undoubtedly contributes at others a kind of piquancy, because of its evident sincerity, and the quaint contrast with the subjects the author is handling.
- My friend Del's bison burger was a succulent symphony of robust meat and subtle umami mushrooms and onions wrapped in a crusty flax bun; my Alaskan halibut soft tacos offered a generous portion of firm snowy-white fish uplifted by the creaminess of avocado and tickled by the piquancy of pickled onions, with an undertone of heat that gave me the kick I had been looking for.