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PIQUANTNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does piquantness mean?
• PIQUANTNESS (noun)
The noun PIQUANTNESS has 2 senses:
1. a tart spicy quality
2. the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting
Familiarity information: PIQUANTNESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tart spicy quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
nip; piquance; piquancy; piquantness; tang; tanginess; zest
Hypernyms ("piquantness" is a kind of...):
spice; spicery; spiciness (the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
piquance; piquancy; piquantness
Hypernyms ("piquantness" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
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