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Pique
Pique (1875), a play “of today” by Augustin Daly. [Fifth Avenue Theatre, 237 perf.] In a moment of anger Mabel Renfrew ( Fanny Davenport) renounces her fiancé, Raymond Lessing ( Maurice Barrymore), and marries Captain Arthur Standish ( D. H. Hawkins), son of the puritanical Matthew Standish ( Charles Fisher). Once the young couple goes to live with the elder Standish, Arthur quickly realizes that Mabel does not love him, and his father's rigid code of behavior further exacerbates difficulties, so he leaves. Immediately thereafter the Renfrews' young child is kidnapped. The search for the stolen youngster reunites the couple and shows the elder Standish's basic valor. When Raymond weds Mabel's widowed stepmother, Mabel understands that the decision made in pique was the right one after all. With the little boy recovered, she acknowledges, “A happiness that begins tonight for me. . . will endure while heart can beat, or life can last.” The first three acts were based on Florence Lean's novel, Her Lord and Master, while the remaining two acts were suggested by the then recent unsolved kidnapping of Charley Ross and by scenes from Les Misérables. Critics were sharply divided on the merits of Daly's script and production. The Tribune took a middle ground, calling it “not of a high order, either in literary attributes or dramatic construction” but concluding correctly that it combined “comedy, sentiment, and sensation in a way that will not fail to please the average tastes.” A road company, one of the first so organized, was quickly sent on tour.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Pique." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Pique." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Pique.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Pique." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-Pique.html |
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pique / pēk/ • n. a feeling of irritation or resentment resulting from a slight, esp. to one's pride: he left in a fit of pique. • v. (piques / pēks/ , piqued / pēkt/ , piqu·ing / ˈpēking/ ) 1. [tr.] stimulate (interest or curiosity): you have piqued my curiosity about the man. 2. (be piqued) feel irritated or resentful: she was piqued by his curtness. 3. (pique oneself) archaic pride oneself. |
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"pique." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "pique." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-pique.html "pique." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-pique.html |
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piqué
piqué cotton fabric with a raised pattern. XIX. — F. piqué, sb. use (‘quilted work, quilting’) of pp. of piquer prick, pierce, back-stitch; see prec.
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T. F. HOAD. "piqué." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "piqué." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-piqu.html T. F. HOAD. "piqué." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-piqu.html |
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piqué
pi·qué / pēˈkā; pi-/ • n. stiff fabric, typically cotton, woven in a strongly ribbed or raised pattern. |
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"piqué." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "piqué." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-pique010.html "piqué." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-pique010.html |
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pique †quarrel or animosity between persons; offence taken. XVI. — F., f. piquer prick, sting:- Rom. *piccāre PICK2.
Hence vb. XVII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "pique." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "pique." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-pique.html T. F. HOAD. "pique." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-pique.html |
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piqué
piqué (Fr.). Pricked. A bowed instr. term, same as spiccato.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "piqué." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "piqué." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-piqu.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "piqué." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-piqu.html |
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piqué
piqué •parquet
•appliqué, piqué
•Biscay, risqué
•communiqué • tourniquet • sobriquet
•manqué
•cloqué, croquet
•Malplaquet
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"piqué." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "piqué." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-piqu.html "piqué." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-piqu.html |
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pique
pique •antique, batik, beak, bespeak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, Greek, hide-and-seek, keek, Lalique, leak, leek, Martinique, meek, midweek, Mozambique, Mustique, mystique, oblique, opéra comique, ortanique, peak, Peake, peek, physique, pique, pratique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tongue-in-cheek, tweak, unique, veronique, weak, week, wreak
•stickybeak • grosbeak • houseleek
•forepeak • technospeak • newspeak
•doublespeak • hairstreak • tugrik
•fenugreek • Realpolitik • Ostpolitik
•pipsqueak • workweek
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"pique." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "pique." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-pique.html "pique." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-pique.html |
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