different between piquant vs enchanting
piquant
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French piquant (“pricking, stimulating, irritating”), present participle of piquer, possibly from Old French pikier (“to prick, sting, nettle”). Related to pike.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pi?k?nt/, /?pi??k??nt/, /pi??k??nt/
- Hyphenation: pi?quant
Adjective
piquant (comparative more piquant, superlative most piquant)
- (archaic) Causing hurt feelings; scathing, severe. [from 16th c.]
- Stimulating to the senses; engaging; charming. [from 17th c.]
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 86:
- Their husbands […] leave home to seek for more agreeable, may I be allowed to use a significant French word, piquant society […].
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 86:
- Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; tangy. [from 17th c.]
Derived terms
- piquancy
Quotations
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:piquant.
Translations
French
Etymology
Present participle of piquer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pi.k??/
Adjective
piquant (feminine singular piquante, masculine plural piquants, feminine plural piquantes)
- Spiky, spiny.
- Of food: piquant, pungent, spicy-hot.
- Cold; ice-cold.
- Of humor, a joke, etc.: scathing.
- (usually of a person) attractive.
Verb
piquant
- present participle of piquer
Further reading
- “piquant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Verb
piquant (feminine singular piquante, masculine plural piquans, feminine plural piquantes)
- present participle of piquer
- (may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of piquer
Adjective
piquant m (feminine singular piquante, masculine plural piquans, feminine plural piquantes)
- Alternative form of picquant
piquant From the web:
- piquant meaning
- piquant what does it mean
- what is piquant sauce
- what are piquante peppers
- what is piquant or zingy
- what is piquant relish
- what is piquant flavor
- what does piquant or zingy mean
enchanting
English
Verb
enchanting
- present participle of enchant
Adjective
enchanting (comparative more enchanting, superlative most enchanting)
- Having the ability to enchant; charming, delightful.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]
- "Fairytale" is an over-used word in football but there is certainly something enchanting about the Lambert story, rejected as a teenager at Liverpool and then playing at, among others, Blackpool, Rochdale, Stockport and Bristol Rovers.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]
Translations
Noun
enchanting (plural enchantings)
- An act of enchantment.
Middle English
Noun
enchanting
- Alternative form of enchauntynge
enchanting From the web:
- what enchanting means
- what enchanting level is mending
- what enchantments can be put on a trident
- what enchantments can be put on a shield
- what enchantments can be put on a sword
- what enchantments can be put on a bow
- what enchantments can be put on a crossbow
- what enchantments can be put on a axe
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