piquant

PIQUANT

acer acutus (PROP.); acutus salsus (PROP. or figuratively).

piquant:

I. Of flavours: ācer, cris, cre: v. PUNGENT. Or expr. by circuml.: a p. flavour, *talis sapor qui palatum [tardum] excitare possit.

II. Fig., of wit: salsus, făcētus: v. WITTY. Sometimes vĕnustus may serve, denoting that which is neat and clever: cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 255; ib. 65, 262. Phr.: to say something p., acute aliquid dicere, ib. 68, 275: a p. kind of art, (ridiculi) genus non insulsum, ib. 64, 259.