PIQUANTLY

piquantly, spicily

(adverb) with strong spices; in a spicy manner; “the soup was spicily flavored”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

piquantly (comparative more piquantly, superlative most piquantly)

In a piquant manner; with piquancy.

Source: Wiktionary


Pi"quant*ly, adv.

Definition: In a piquant manner.

PIQUANT

Pi"quant, a. Etym: [F., p.pr. of piquer to prick or sting. See Pike.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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