About The Word Spicy
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Spicy
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Spicy: See Also | 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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