Definitions
the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting
Word origin
From piquant + -cy.
Used in a sentence
“At fifteen, her poetry of feeling (you see I do my best to please you with a phrase) would just give piquancy and freshness to her entry into life; but at twenty,...”
“There was a certain playfulness about her too, such a piquancy or ironic suggestion, such an untouched reserve.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Pleasant sharpness”8 letters
Not quite right?
"Search similar patterns."
P_______