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What is the noun for pique?

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pique
  1. A feeling of enmity between two entities; ill-feeling, animosity; a transient feeling of wounded pride.
  2. A feeling of irritation or resentment, awakened by a social slight or injury; offence, especially taken in an emotional sense with little thought or consideration.
  3. (obsolete) Keenly felt desire; a longing.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Mrs. Halcombe was not given to feeling pique at imaginary slights.”
      “Mr. Wainwright, in a petulant pique, deemed it too pronounced an invasion of his rights to merely bare his left forearm.”
      “This was in the time of King John, against whom the popish clergy had a great pique for not honoring their prelacy.”
pique
  1. (card game) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Mrs. Halcombe was not given to feeling pique at imaginary slights.”
      “Mr. Wainwright, in a petulant pique, deemed it too pronounced an invasion of his rights to merely bare his left forearm.”
      “This was in the time of King John, against whom the popish clergy had a great pique for not honoring their prelacy.”
pique
  1. A durable ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Mrs. Halcombe was not given to feeling pique at imaginary slights.”
      “Mr. Wainwright, in a petulant pique, deemed it too pronounced an invasion of his rights to merely bare his left forearm.”
      “This was in the time of King John, against whom the popish clergy had a great pique for not honoring their prelacy.”
pique
  1. A chigger or jigger, Tunga penetrans.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Mrs. Halcombe was not given to feeling pique at imaginary slights.”
      “Mr. Wainwright, in a petulant pique, deemed it too pronounced an invasion of his rights to merely bare his left forearm.”
      “This was in the time of King John, against whom the popish clergy had a great pique for not honoring their prelacy.”
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