Category:Spicy

Spi"cy, a. [compar. Spicier; superl. Spiciest.] Etym: [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.