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Definitions for: Spicy [adj] having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers; "gingery Chinese food"; "hot peppers"; "hot curry"; "corn chips with peppery salsa"; "spicy tomato sauce"
[adj] having an agreeably pungent taste
[adj] 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: Spi"cy, a. [Compar. Spicier; superl. Spiciest.]
[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.
Synonyms: blue, gamey, gamy, gingery, hot, juicy, naughty, peppery, piquant, pungent, racy, risque, savory, savoury, sexy, tasteful, zesty
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