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SPICIER
SPICY
blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy
(adjective) suggestive of sexual impropriety; “a blue movie”; “blue jokes”; “he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details”; “a juicy scandal”; “a naughty wink”; “naughty words”; “racy anecdotes”; “a risque story”; “spicy gossip”
hot, spicy
(adjective) producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves; “hot salsa”; “jalapeno peppers are very hot”; “a spicy sauce”; “I like my chili extra spicy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
spicier
comparative form of spicy
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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