Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Piquant

Piquant , adjective

[French, present participle of piquer to prick or sting. See Pike.]

Stimulating to the taste; giving zest; tart; sharp; pungent; as, a piquant anecdote.
As piquant to the tongue as salt. — Addison
Piquant railleries. — Gov. of Tongue