spicy
or spice·y
Origin of spicy
1Other words for spicy
Other words from spicy
- spic·i·ly, adverb
- spic·i·ness, noun
- un·spic·i·ly, adverb
- un·spic·i·ness, noun
- un·spic·y, adjective
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How to use spicy in a sentence
Now look at old Tom, cocked jauntily on the spicey bay and see what a different Tom he is to what he was last night.
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour | R. S. SurteesThe one that knocked at the door was Spicey, with our invitations.
The William Henry Letters | Abby Morton DiazThere was a cinnamon colored jacket hanging on the chair-back, and I said, "Why, that's Spicey's jacket!"
The William Henry Letters | Abby Morton DiazThis paper is run on red-hot indypendant principels, in a spicey, sparklin' manher.
The Bad Boy At Home | Walter T. GrayAn unpleasantly-tasting bitter spicey schnapps, containing 18 per cent.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold Cooley
British Dictionary definitions for spicy
/ (ˈspaɪsɪ) /
seasoned with or containing spice
highly flavoured; pungent
informal suggestive of scandal or sensation
producing or yielding spices
Derived forms of spicy
- spicily, adverb
- spiciness, noun
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