Piquant (adj)
pee-khant
Agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor; pleasantly biting or tart./agreeably stimulating, interesting, or attractive.
First recorded in 1515–25; from French: literally, “pricking”
Example sentences
“I cooked a piquant one pan wonder in the van last night!”
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