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pique

4 ENTRIES FOUND:

1pique

noun \ˈpēk\

Definition of PIQUE

: a transient feeling of wounded vanity : resentment <a fit of pique>

Examples of PIQUE

  1. After a moment of pique, the senator responded calmly to his accusers.
  2. He slammed the door in a fit of pique.
  3. And yet the democracy flourishing in Taiwan has been greeted in other parts of the Chinese-speaking world with a certain pique, and even with hostility. —Ian Buruma, New Republic, 3 Apr. 2000

Origin of PIQUE

(see 2pique)
First Known Use: 1592

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