spicy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spicy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for spicy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spicy adj having an agreeably pungent taste [syn: piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty] producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves; "hot salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot" Synonym(s): hot, spicy 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" Synonym(s): blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spicy \Spi"cy\, a. [Compar. {Spicier}; superl. {Spiciest}.] [From {Spice}.] 1. Flavored with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes. [bd]The spicy nut-brown ale.[b8] --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}.