piquant

[Bailey]

pi·quant (pknt, -känt, p-känt)
adj.
1. Pleasantly pungent or tart in taste; spicy.
2.
a. Appealingly provocative: a piquant wit.
b. Charming, interesting, or attractive: a piquant face.
3. Archaic Causing hurt feelings; stinging.



[French, from Old French, present participle of piquer, to prick; see pique.]



piquan·cy, piquant·ness n.
piquant·ly adv.

The vegetable juice I make every mornng gains a certain piquancy when I add the two jalapeños. Yumm!

B.
I hope the

one friend

I have here can enjoy this.

[Slava]

b. Charming, interesting, or attractive: a piquant face.

I've never heard this usage before, but perhaps it will work well with this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/3414573 ... eople.html

[Bailey]

hmmm, probably accounts for the marked lack of human companionship some of us, [especially computer-philes- a chcken-egg-which one comes first?- thing I'd assume] seem to have.

B.