Lexic.us

Definition of Spicy

1. Adjective. Having an agreeably pungent taste.

2. Adjective. Producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves. "Jalapeno peppers are very hot"

3. Adjective. Suggestive of sexual impropriety. "Spicy gossip"

Definition of Spicy

1. a. Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes.

Definition of Spicy

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or containing spice. ¹

2. Adjective. Piquant; provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of chillies or similar spices. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of tastes or scents) Tangy, zesty, or pungent. ¹

4. Adjective. (context: of expression or behavior) Vigorous; colorful; stimulating. ¹

5. Adjective. Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Spicy

1. containing spices [adj SPICIER, SPICIEST]

Medical Definition of Spicy

1. 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." (Pope) 2. Producing, or abounding with, spices. "In hot Ceylon spicy forests grew." (Dryden) 3. Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate. Synonym: Aromatic, fragrant, smart, pungent, pointed, keen. See Racy. Origin: From Spice. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spicy

spicose spicous spics spicula spiculae spicular spiculate spiculation spiculations spicule

spicules spiculiform spiculigenous spiculispongiae spiculum spide spider spider's web spider's webs spider-burst

spider-webby spider angioma spider angiomas spider brake spider cancer spider cell spider crab spider fern spider finger

Literary usage of Spicy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1848)
"... slightly uneven cavity; calyx in a wide, slightly ribbed basin; flesh very tender, yellowish, not juicy, with a very sweet, and agreeably spicy flavor. ..."

2. Another Book on the Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1915)
"ON "spicy" DRAMA FOR years, every now and again in the publicity bulletins of plays and novels there has confronted my vision the description adjective ..."

3. Another Book on the Theatre by George Jean Nathan (1915)
"ON "spicy" DRAMA FOR years, every now and again in the publicity bulletins of plays and novels there has confronted my vision the description adjective ..."

4. History of the United States Secret Service by La Fayette Curry Baker (1867)
"I find a spicy epistle on the subject, from a lady of the first standing, among the intercepted correspondence of the war, ..."

5. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"I perceived at more than a foot distant a very strong penetrating scent, yet agreeable and very spicy. It reminded me at first of the cherry pectoral; ..."

6. Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore (1886)
"BUCHANAN AT LONDON—THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA DEBATE—spicy WORDS BETWEEN BRECKINRIDGE AND CUTTING—DIPLOMATIC CARD-PLAYING ASSISTANT SECRETARY THOMAS—THE AMOSKEAG ..."

Other Resources: