- the fact or quality of being pleasantly strong, sharp, or tart in taste or flavor: Piquillo peppers, with their smoky, sweet piquancy, have a unique and irresistible flavor.
- the fact or quality of being interestingly provocative, stimulating, lively, attractive, etc.: These pithy sayings of his have more piquancy than objective truth.
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