SPICED
Adjective
spiced (comparative more spiced, superlative most spiced)
Having spice added, spicy.
Verb
spiced
simple past tense and past participle of spice
Source: Wiktionary
SPICE
Spice, n. Etym: [OE. spice, spece, spice, species, OF. espice,
espece, F. épice spice, espèce species, fr. L. species particular
sort or kind, a species, a sight, appearance, show, LL., spices,
drugs, etc., of the same sort, fr. L. specere to look. See Spy, and
cf. Species.]
1. Species; kind. [Obs.]
The spices of penance ben three. Chaucer.
Abstain you from all evil spice. Wyclif (1. Thess,v. 22).
Justice, although it be but one entire virtue, yet is described in
two kinds of spices. The one is named justice distributive, the other
is called commutative. Sir T. Elyot.
2. A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and
pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice,
ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces,
pickles, etc.
Hast thou aught in thy purse [bag] any hot spices Piers Plowman.
3. Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a thing
in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which
gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small
quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief.
So much of the will, with a spice of the willful. Coleridge.
Spice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spiced; p. p. & vb. n. Spicing.]
1. To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent
substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice
one's words with wit.
She 'll receive thee, but will spice thy bread With flowery poisons.
Chapman.
2. To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices.
In the spiced Indian air, by night. Shak.
3. To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous. [Obs.] "A
spiced conscience." Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition