PIQUANCY

piquancy, piquance, piquantness

(noun) the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting

nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest

(noun) a tart spicy quality

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

piquancy (countable and uncountable, plural piquancies)

The degree to which something is piquant, stimulating or exciting.

Source: Wiktionary


Pi"quan*cy, n. Etym: [See Piquant.]

Definition: The quality or state of being piquant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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1 May 2025

ECONOMIC

(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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