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Spicy   /spˈaɪsi/   Listen
adjective
Spicy  adj.  (compar. spicier; superl. spiciest)  
1.
Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes. "The spicy nut-brown ale." "Led by new stars, and borne by spicy gales."
2.
Producing, or abounding with, spices. "In hot Ceylon spicy forests grew."
3.
Fig.: Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate.
Synonyms: Aromatic; fragrant; smart; pungent; pointed; keen. See Racy.





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... Labruscas. The wine made from varieties of AEstivalis is very rich in coloring matter and is used by some European vintners to mix with the must of European sorts in order to give the combined product a higher color. The berries are destitute of pulp, have a comparatively thin, tough skin and a peculiar spicy flavor. The berries hang to the bunch after becoming ripe much better than ...
— Manual of American Grape-Growing • U. P. Hedrick
... had joined them, whispered in their ears spicy stories in a lowered voice. And at every strange revelation concerning Madame Raymond, or Madame Berthier, or ...
— The Red Lily, Complete • Anatole France
... senses. It was very dimly lighted, and a strange, almost stifling sense of oppression came over her. This was caused by the burning of various incense sticks and pastilles which gave out a sweet, spicy odour, and which made a slight haze of smoke. Becoming a little accustomed to the gloom, Patty discerned her host, amazingly garbed in an Oriental burnoose and a voluminous silk turban. He took her hand, made a deep ...
— Patty Blossom • Carolyn Wells
... wait. Months are not years, and if I'm truly getting well, everything will seem beautiful and easy to me," said Jill, laying herself down again, with the patient look she had learned to wear, and gathering up the scattered carnations to enjoy their spicy breath, as if the fairies hidden there had taught her some of ...
— Jack and Jill • Louisa May Alcott
... sky, which looked down clear, fair, and soft, as if Mirza's bridge were never under it. The little puddles of water sparkled in the sunshine and reflected the blue; the roads made haste to dry; the softest of spring airs wafted down from the hill-sides a spicy remembrance of budding shoots and the drawn-out sweetness of pine and fir and hemlock and cedar. The day grew sultrily warm. But though sunlight and spring winds carried their tokens to memory's gates and left them there, they were taken no note of at the time, by one traveller, and the other ...
— Hills of the Shatemuc • Susan Warner


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