Citations:pique
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English citations of pique
Noun
[edit]| 1994 | |||||||
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- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, page 7:
- This defiance was not a fit of pique, but a matter of principle.
Verb
[edit]| 1910 | |||||||
| ME « | 15th c. | 16th c. | 17th c. | 18th c. | 19th c. | 20th c. | 21st c. |
- 1910, Jean Wilde Clark, A Desk Book on the Etiquette of Social Stationery, "Weddings":
- (the wedding card) piques the interest of every woman, married or single, into whose hands it chances on its travels, and leaves a flutter of delightful expectancy in its wake.