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spice

  [spahys] ,noun, verb, spiced, spic⋅ing.
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–noun
1. any of a class of pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc.
2. such substances collectively or as material: Cookies without spice can be tasteless.
3. a spicy or aromatic odor or fragrance.
4. something that gives zest: a spice of humor in his solemnity.
5. a piquant, interesting element or quality; zest; piquancy: The anecdotes lent spice to her talk.
6. Archaic. a small quantity of something; trace; bit.
–verb (used with object)
7. to prepare or season with a spice or spices.
8. to give zest, piquancy, or interest to by something added.
Origin:
1175–1225; (n.) ME, aph. form of OF espice (F épice) < L speciēs appearance, sort, kind (see species ), in LL (pl.): goods, wares, spices, drugs; (v.) ME spicen, in part deriv. of the n., in part < OF espicer, deriv. of espice

Related forms:
spice⋅a⋅ble, adjective
spiceless, adjective
spicelike, adjective

Synonyms:
5. tang, gusto, zip.
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Word Origin & History

spice 
c.1225, from O.Fr. espice, from L.L. species (pl.) "spices, goods, wares," from L. "kind, sort" (see species). Early druggists recognized four "types" of spices: saffron, clove, cinnamon, nutmeg. Fig. sense of "slight touch or trace of something" is recorded from 1531. The verb, "to season with spices" is first recorded c.1325 (implied in spiced). Spicy is from 1562; in the fig. sense of "racy, salacious" it dates from 1844. Spice-cake first attested 1530.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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