PIQUE
Pi`qué", n. Etym: [F., p.p. of piquer to prick.]
Defn: A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, — used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.
PIQUE
Pique, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The jigger. See Jigger.
PIQUE
Pique, n. Etym: [F., fr. piquer. See Pike.]
1. A feeling of hurt, vexation, or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; irritation of the feelings, as through wounded pride; stinging vexation. Men take up piques and displeasures. Dr. H. More. Wars had arisen . . . upon a personal pique. De Quincey.
2. Keenly felt desire; a longing. Though it have the pique, and long, 'Tis still for something in the wrong. Hudibras.
3. (Card Playing)
Defn: In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
Syn. — Displeasure; irritation; grudge; spite. Pique, Spite, Grudge. Pique denotes a quick and often transient sense of resentment for some supposed neglect or injury, but it is not marked by malevolence. Spite is a stronger term, denoting settled ill will or malice, with a desire to injure, as the result of extreme irritation. Grudge goes still further, denoting cherished and secret enmity, with an unforgiving spirit. A pique is usually of recent date; a grudge is that which has long subsisted; spite implies a disposition to cross or vex others.