Wordie: Pique: Comments

Comment by johnmperry, 2 months ago

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:03:10 +0000

see pique-a-boo

Comment by John, 2 months ago

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:18:41 +0000

The Merriam Webster definition is poetic: "a transient feeling of wounded vanity."

Comment by reesetee, 5 months ago

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:58:08 +0000

Why do you hate freedom?

Comment by chained_bear, 5 months ago

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:53:22 +0000

But nobody ever has a fit of piqué, that I know of. And if they did, they'd probably spell it wrong.

Does anyone ever have a fit of Picabo Street?

Comment by sionnach, 5 months ago

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:47:02 +0000

I defer to the wisdom of Picabo Street on this matter.

Comment by reesetee, 5 months ago

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:41:37 +0000

Oh, you're not the digressor here, frindley. :-)

Comment by frindley, 5 months ago

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:36:20 +0000

(Digressing back to Laiane's comment…)
When used in reference to fabric it's usually pronounced pee-kay, and in fact the NSOED's preferred spelling for this sense is piqué. (But "pique" is allowed as an alternative.)

Comment by reesetee, 5 months ago

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:15:29 +0000

Oh, jump right in, jennarenn! The more the merrier! I haven't even started on peek yet. ;-)

Comment by jennarenn, 5 months ago

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:42:36 +0000

Dang, reestee. *I* wanted to whip c_b into a fit of peek. No fair!

Comment by reesetee, 5 months ago

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:45:30 +0000

Or, say, you're about to summit one of the Fourteeners and a massive snowstorm blows in, so you have to turn back. A fit of peak!

Comment by chained_bear, 5 months ago

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:37:03 +0000

Only in that case, yes. But you would more correctly call it a fit of peak pique. No?

Comment by reesetee, 5 months ago

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:32:42 +0000

But what if, say, you order an ice cream sundae with no whipped cream, and the waitron brings you one topped with a giant crest of it? Then you would reasonably be entitled to a fit of peak, don't you think?

Comment by chained_bear, 5 months ago

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:21:00 +0000

I really hate when people spell "fit of pique" with "peak." Grrr.

Comment by Minerva, 10 months ago

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:10:27 +0000

But my brother and sister have such an influence over everybody, and are so determined; so pique themselves upon subduing me and carrying their point; that I despair that they will...

Clarissa Harlowe to Anna Howe, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson

Comment by seanahan, 10 months ago

Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:06:26 +0000

I've often heard the expression "fit of pique", using the primary definition of "A state of vexation caused by a perceived slight or indignity; a feeling of wounded pride" to mean acting out of wounded pride.

Comment by Laiane, 10 months ago

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:53:08 +0000

I've never seen this "woven fabric" definition. I've always used this as in brtom's comment.

Comment by brtom, about 1 year ago

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 19:47:51 +0000

You pique my curiosity, Haines said amiably. Is it some paradox?
Joyce, Ulysses, 1