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Gingery

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Somewhat reddish or reddish-brown in colour (especially of hair or skin colouring).

    "gingery hair / freckles; the gingery fur of a fox"

  2. 2
    Having reddish-brown hair. (of a person)

    "The red-haired pilgrim was beside himself with the thought that at least this poor Kurtz had been properly revenged. […] He positively danced, the bloodthirsty little gingery beggar."

  3. 3
    Having a flavour or aroma of the spice ginger; containing that spice.

    "a gingery broth / stir-fry"

  4. 4
    Energetic, vigorous, lively, peppy, zippy. dated

    "The boys have made themselves very popular with the fans here, because a good, gingery gaffe is played all the time, regardless of the score."

  5. 5
    Ginger, inhibited, cautious. US, dated

    "I walked slowly, and with an assumed air of careless indifference. I counterfeited the Comanche walk—not that bold free port—the magnificent and inimitable stride, so characteristic of Chippewa and Shawano, of Huron and Iroquois—but the shuffling gingery step of an English jockey; for such in reality is the gait of the Comanche Indian when afoot."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color wordnet
  2. 2
    having a taste like that of ginger wordnet

Etymology

From ginger + -y.

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