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Spicy

Spicy Meaning & Definition
Spicy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Spicy?

[adj] having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers; "gingery Chinese food"; "hot peppers"; "hot curry"; "corn chips with peppery salsa"; "spicy tomato sauce"
[adj] having an agreeably pungent taste
[adj] suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Spicy: blue | gamey | gamy | gingery | hot | juicy | naughty | peppery | piquant | pungent | racy | risque | savory | savoury | sexy | tasteful | zesty

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Spicy In Webster's Dictionary

\Spi"cy\, a. [Compar. {Spicier}; superl. {Spiciest}.] [From {Spice}.] 1. Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes. ``The spicy nut-brown ale.'' --Milton. Led by new stars, and borne by spicy gales. --Pope. 2. Producing, or abounding with, spices. In hot Ceylon spicy forests grew. --Dryden. 3. Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate. Syn: Aromatic; fragrant; smart; pungent; pointed; keen. See {Racy}.

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