What is "piquancy"

Usage examples of "piquancy".

Her docility did not detract from the piquancy of the pleasure, for she was voluptuously inclined.

Beaumaris, perhaps loth to degrade his burgundy, or perhaps with a faint, despairing hope of adding piquancy to this commonplace meal, had instructed Brough to serve champagne.

There was a certain piquancy about the matter, and I well remember noticing how we sat a little forward and turned in our seats when they brought in the prosecutrix to give evidence.

When that woman is in the position of Lali, the situation has an unusual piquancy and interest.

In the liquid amber within the ivory-porcelain, the initiated may touch the sweet reticence of Confucius, the piquancy of Laotse, and the ethereal aroma of Sakyamuni himself.

They are remarkably charming, written with a mixture of piquancy and distinction.

It is true that such a thought was rather unpleasant to my pride, but there was too much piquancy in the adventure, the heroine of it was too attractive, for me to be stopped by any considerations.

Neither ever knew whether or not he would be capable of the act, but this uncertainty, instead of demoralizing him, added piquancy to the lovemaking.

He discovered, suddenly, that the thought of this little, female creature being an Earthwoman lent a sort of perverse piquancy to her attractiveness.

I am thankful that he reproduced the old-timers' tales verbatim, capturing those sound-licking idioms and image-drenched similes that gave Western speech its unique piquancy, before it fell victim to television's anemic homogenizing of our culture.

Chung and Three Oaths Tsun had spilled over into this annual sporting and betting event, adding, for those who watched, a certain delicious piquancy.