Spicy

Definition: Spicy

Spicy

Adjective

1. Having an agreeably pungent taste.

2. 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".

3. Having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers; "gingery Chinese food"; "hot peppers"; "hot curry"; "corn chips with peppery salsa"; "spicy tomato sauce".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "spicy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)

Note: Spicy \Spi"cy\, adjective. [Comparative Spicier; superlative Spiciest.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Spicy

Excitation

Piquant; (pungent); spicy, appetizing, provocative, provoquant, tantalizing.

Pungency

Adjective: pungent, strong; high-, full-flavored; high-tasted, high-seasoned; gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy; biting, mordant; spicy; seasoned. Verb: hot, hot as pepper; peppery, vellicating, escharotic, meracious; acrid, acrimonious, bitter; rough. (sour); unsavory .

Crosswords: Spicy

Well, you're the one who ate all that spicy food. (Look Who's Talking; writing credit: Amy Heckerling)

You spicy cajun we gon' a good time over there (Shake Ya Ass; performing artist: Mystikal)

Spicy City (1997)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Asian Hot & Spicy (The Essential Kitchen Series) (reference)

• Fast, Fresh & Spicy Vegetarian : Healthful Recipes for the Cook on the Run (reference)

• Herb Mixtures & Spicy Blends (reference)

• Hot & Spicy Chicken: A Sizzling Collection of More Than 140 Fiery Chicken, Turkey and Duck Recipes (reference)

• Jump Up and Kiss Me: Spicy Vegetarian Cooking (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Hot & Spicy Chutney (reference)

• Hot & Spicy Chutney: 15 Caribbean & Indian Flavour (reference)

• Nutmeg & Ginger: Spicy Ballads from Shakespeare's London (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

You inhaled the spicy odour of the pinks.

The spicy hot smell of the whisky filled the cab.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

None are caused by spicy food or stress. (references)

Peptic ulcers are not caused by spicy food or stress. (references)

Be aware that spicy or salty foods may cause pain in a dry mouth. (references)

Travel

Pakistan

Food and Drink - Pakistani food combines elements of Mughal Indian and Middle East cuisine and tends to be spicy. (references)

Pakistan

Specialties include kababs, tikka (barbecued spiced chicken, mutton, or beef), korma (meat curry), koftas (meatballs), and pulao (spicy fried rice). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression using "spicy": spicy sausage. Additional references.

Beginning with "spicy": spicy-fried.

Albanian

pikant (flavored, flavoured, juicy, piquant, poignant, racy, Savory, savoury), me erëza, me aromë (full-bodied). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كثير التوابل, ‏متبل (flavored, flavoured, savory, savoury, seasoned, spiced, zest), ‏لاذع (acerb, acid, acrid, acrimonious, biting, bitter, bitterly, burning, caustic, cutting, harsh, hot, keen, mordant, nippy, peppery, piquant, poignant, pungent, rough, salty, sarcastic, savory, savoury, scathing, scorching, sharp, sharp tongued, smarting, snappish, snappy, spiteful, stinging, tart, waspish), ‏تابلي, ‏بذئ (abusive, blue, broad, curious, salacious, saucy, scurrilous, smutty). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сприхав (breezy, combustible, hasty, high-spirited, hoity toity, hot tempered, hotheaded, irascible, irritable, peppery, petulant, quick tempered, short tempered, snappish, snappy, testy, violent, waxy), неприличен (bawdy, foul, immodest, improper, indecent, indelicate, lewd, nasty, naughty, off color, off colour, ribald, salacious, shameful, smutty, tasteless, unbecoming, uncomely, unmentionable, unseemly), жив (above ground, active, agile, alert, alive, animate, breezy, brisk, cheerful, dashing, high-colored, high-coloured, jaunty, jazz, jazzy, live, lively, living, lusty, mercurial, mobile, nervous, nimble, organic, peppy, perky, pert, picturesque, pregnant, quick, racy, rattling, round, saucy, sharp, skittish, snappy, spirited, sprightly, spry, swinging, vital, vivacious, vivid, volatile, warm, whippy, zappy, zippy), енергичен (active, arduous, brisk, demon, driving, energetic, enterprising, firm, go-go, hearty, keen, live, nervous, pithy, pushing, red blooded, robust, sharp, smart, snappy, spanking, spirited, spunky, strong-minded, up and coming, vigorous, vital, youthful, zappy, zippy), ароматен (ambrosial, balmy, fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, sapid, scented, sweet-scented), буен (bacchanalian, blustery, catchy, ebullient, exuberant, furious, gross, high-spirited, hot, hot-blooded, hot-brained, hotheaded, impetuous, incandescent, jazz, jazzy, knockabout, lively, lush, luxuriant, obstreperous, opulent, phrenetic, prancing, profuse, proud, puffy, puppyish, rambunctious, rampant, rank, riotous, roaring, rough, rough and tumble, rousing, rude, rumbustious, spirited, sweeping, thick, torrential, tumultuous, turbulent, unchecked, ungovernable, unruly, untamed, vigorous, violent, wanton, zizzi), подправен (adulterate, adulterine, corrupt, counterfeit, feigned, forged, fraudulent, imitation, impure, pinchbeck, queer, seasoned, sham, spiced, supposititious), пикантен (gamy, gingery, juicy, piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, rich, salacious, salt, salty, savoury, tasty, zesty). (various references)

Chinese 

辣. (various references)

Czech

pikantní (fruity, naughty, piquant, racy, Savory, tasty), peprný (peppery), ostrý (abrupt, acrid, acute, biting, crisp, ferocious, fierce, glib, hard, harsh, high pitched, hot, incisive, intense, keen, piercing, poignant, pointed, rigorous, sharp, shrill, smart, snappy, strident, tart, tough, trenchant), okořenìný (seasoned), kořenìný, aromatický (aromatic, odorous). (various references)

Danish

krydret duft (spicy fragrance). (various references)

Dutch

kruidige geur (spicy fragrance). (various references)

Farsi 

معطر (Aromatic, Nutty, Redolent, Scented), تند (Caustic, Discourteous, Fast, Glassy, Harsh, Hasty, Headlong, Heady, Hot, Inflammable, Intensive, Keen, Paregoric, Peppery, Presto, Pungent, Quick, Racy, Rapid, Rash, Slush, Sour, Tart, Transient, Violent, Virulent, Wrench, Yare), جالب (Attractive, Marvelous, Memorable, Yummy), ادویه زده , ادویه دار. (various references)

French

relevé (spiced), piquant, corsé, épicé (spiced). (various references)

Galician

picante. (various references)

German

würzig (aromatic, fragrant, fruity, full-bodied, piquant, spicily, tangy, tasty). (various references)

Greek 

ζωηρόσ (bobbish, bouncing, breezy, brisk, buoyant, buxom, cheery, chipper, crisp, dapper, dashing, frisky, gay, grig, jaunty, lightsome, live, lively, lurid, mercurial, peppy, perky, poignant, quick, racy, rompish, smacking, smart, snappish, snappy, spanking, sparkish, spirited, sprightly, spry, stirring, vibrant, vivacious, vivid, volatile, zippy), αρωματώδησ, τσουχτερόσ (crisp, keen, nipping, nippy, piquant, pungent). (various references)

Hebrew 

מתובל (flavored, flavoured, interlarded, savoury, seasoned, spiced), מפולפל (acute, fancy, peppery, subtle, tricky, witty), פיק� טי (piquant). (various references)

Hungarian

ízes (luscious, racy, relishable, sapid, savoury, snappy, tasty, toothsome), zamatos (fruity, juicy, luscious, racy, relishable, Savory, savoury, succulent), pikáns (juicy, piquant, racy, salt, savory, savoury), jóízű (good to eat, savory, savoury, sweet, tasty, toothy), fûszeres (grocer), fűszernövényekben gazdag, fűszeres (chandler, figs, grocer, seasoned), borsos (peppery). (various references)

Italian

piccante (abrasive, acerbic, acid, acrid, acrimonious, acute, hot, lurid, nutty, piquant, racy, salty, sharp), aromatizzato (aromatized), aromatico (aromatic). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

艶っぽい (coquettish, romantic), 乙 (2nd in rank, chic, quaint, queer, romantic, second sign of the Chinese calendar, strange, stylish, tasty, witty). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おつ (chic, quaint, queer, romantic, strange, stylish, tasty, witty), つやっぽい (coquettish, romantic). (various references)

Korean 

매운 (Pungent). (various references)

Manx

spiosragh, gear (sharp, sour, stale). (various references)

Pig Latin

icyspay

Portuguese

vistoso (brave, clipping, dressy, faked, flaring, flash, flashy, gallant, garish, goodly, noisy, off-key, showy, theatrical, viewy), temperado (abstemious, genial, seasoned, temperate, tempered), picantes, picante (acerbic, acrid, biting, home, hot, juicy, mordacious, nippy, peppery, piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, risque, rough, salty, savory, savoury, stinging, tart), elegante (attic, beau, brave, braw, cheesy, chic, dainty, dandy, dapper, dink, dinky, elegant, fashionable, feat, fetching, flossy, gentlemanly, graceful, handsome, informed, jimp, knowing, ladylike, light, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, pasta, polished, polite, posh, silk stocking, slim, smart, spruce, stylish, tasteful, tasty, tony, trig, trim), condimentado (seasoned), com muitas especiarias, apimentado (peppery, piquant). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

picantes. (various references)

Romanian

picant (attractive, fruity, hot, peppery, piquant, poignant, pungent, racy, salt, Savory, savoury, snappy), parfumat (aromatic, balmy, flavorous, odoriferous, redolent, scented), fercheş (dapper, jaunty, nutty, smug, swell, trim), elegant (daintily, dainty, Dandy, dashing, dressy, elegant, fashionable, gallant, genteel, gentle, graceful, gracefully, jaunty, polite, smart, smartly, smug, stylish, swell, tasty, well-dressed), cu mirodenie, condimentat, aromat (aromatic, flavored, flavorous, flavorsome, flavoured, flavoursome, fragrant, nectareous, spice). (various references)

Russian 

пряный (rich). (various references)

Scottish

deasoireach. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

začinjen (flavored, flavoured, seasoned), pikantan (piquant, savory, savoury), nepristojan (bawdry, bawdy, improper, indecent, lewd, racy, rude, scabrous, unbecoming, vulgar). (various references)

Spanish

sabroso (fruity, juicy, palatable, rich, sapid, saporous, Savory, savoury, tasteful, tasty, toothsome, zestful), picante (biting, gamy, hot, itchy, juicy, naughty, nutty, peppery, piquancy, piquant, pointed, pungency, pungent, raciness, racy, salty, spice), condimentado (seasoned, seasoning). (various references)

Swedish

saftig (fruity, juicy, lush, racy, sappy, succulent), pikant (fruity, juicy, piquant, zestful), kryddad (flavoured, Savory, savoury, zestful). (various references)

Thai

เผ็�"ร้อน. (various references)

Turkish

nükteli (epigrammatic, humoristic, humorous, rich, spirited, waggish, witty), kokulu (aromatic, balsamic, fragrant, nosey, nosy, odoriferous, odorous, perfumed, redolent, Savory, savoury, scented, spiced), esprili (clever, facetious, humoristic, rich, salty, spirited, spiritual, witty, wry), baharlı (flavored, flavoured, spiced), baharatlı (racy, seasoned, spiced), şık (alternative, chic, choice, classy, dandyish, dapper, dashing, doggy, dressy, elegant, fashionable, flash, go-go, in the ton, jaunty, mod, nifty, posh, rakish, saucy, sharp, sleek, smart, smooth, smug, snappy, snazzy, spiffing, spiffy, sporty, streamlined, stylish, swagger, swanky, swell, swish, thoroughbred, tidy, tonish, trig, up-market), acılı (bitter, disconsolate, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, hot, mourning, sad, sorrowful), açık saçık (bawdy, blue, dirty, disorderly, feelthy, filthy, foul, girlie, hard core, immodest, immodestly dressed, improper, indecent, lewd, obscene, off color, off colour, pornographic, racy, raw, ripe, risky, risque, rough, salacious, salty, scabrous, shocking, smutty), çekici (alluring, appealing, attractive, bewitching, breakdown truck, breakdown van, captivating, catching, catchy, charismatic, charming, comely, desirable, endearing, engaging, engrossing, enthralling, fascinating, fetching, haul, haulier, inviting, juicy, magnetic, nubile, prepossessing, ravishing, sapid, seductive, sexy, stunning, taking, tempting, toothsome, tow truck, towing truck, tractive, tractor, winsome, witching, wrecker), çeşnili (flavored, flavoured, seasoned). (various references)

Turkmen 

ajy (hot, peppery). (various references)

Ukrainian

пікантний (flavored, flavoured, nippy, nutty, piquant, pungent, purple, salty, zestful), пряний (keen, nutty, racy, spiced), присмачений спеціями (spiced). (various references)

Vietnamese 

h� o nhoáng (flashy, gingerbread, glossy, tawdry), dí dỏm; tục bảnh bao, có bỏ gia vị hóm hỉnh. (various references)

Misspellings

"Spicy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Sici, spacy, speci, specky, specy, spica, spicey, spify, Spik, spikey, sprich, spucky. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: pics, pyic, spic, yips.

-2 letters: cis, icy, pic, pis, psi, sic, sip, spy, yip.

-3 letters: is, pi, si.

+1 letter: crispy, physic, scyphi, spicey.

+2 letters: copyist, crisply, miscopy, physics, piscary, psychic, pyknics, scrimpy, specify, spicery, spicily, styptic, sylphic.

+3 letters: bioscopy, copyists, crispily, cyprians, diptycas, diptychs, dyspneic, dyspnoic, glyptics, isotypic, physical, psychics, psyching, pycnosis, pyrrhics, sapiency, spagyric, sphygmic, spinachy, styptics, synaptic, syncopic, synoptic, wickyups.

+4 letters: antipyics, caryopsis, cityscape, copiously, copyedits, cyprinids, dyspeptic, dysphasic, dysphoric, epicotyls, epicycles, eyepieces, hypnotics, hypocrisy, isopycnic, lipocytes, lynchpins, physicals, physician, physicist, physicked, picayunes, piscatory, plasticky, precisely, psychical, psychosis, psychotic, puckishly, scrappily, spagyrics, specially, specialty, speechify, supercity, sylleptic, sympatric, symphonic, triptycas, triptychs.