Vanilla

//vəˈnɪl.ə// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of vanilla. usually

    "A mass of folders and binders. One, vanilla in colour, catches her eye."

  2. 2
    Standard, plain, default, unmodified, basic. colloquial, retronym

    "vanilla JavaScript"

  3. 3
    Not kinky, not involving BDSM.

    "An uncharacteristically vanilla threesome and non-cute realist rendering - derived paradoxically from tracing drawings rather than photographs."

  4. 4
    Plain; conventional; unimaginative.

    "The further right or left you go, the more likely you are to eventually come around to hating Jews. On the left, this is plain to see. From the Corbyn-era trend to attack Israel for all the world's sins, to the self-hating asaJews that tweeted enthusiastically about October 7 being a 'day of celebration' to previously vanilla comedian Reginald Hunter retweeting posts about the evils of the Talmud."

Adjective
  1. 1
    plain and without any extras or adornments wordnet
  2. 2
    flavored with vanilla extract wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes. countable

    "Vanilla itself was transplanted from Madagascar, the main source of the spice, to Polynesia a century ago."

  2. 2
    a distinctive fragrant flavor characteristic of vanilla beans wordnet
  3. 3
    The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant. countable
  4. 4
    a flavoring prepared from vanilla beans macerated in alcohol (or imitating vanilla beans) wordnet
  5. 5
    The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant. uncountable
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  1. 6
    any of numerous climbing plants of the genus Vanilla having fleshy leaves and clusters of large waxy highly fragrant white or green or topaz flowers wordnet
  2. 7
    The distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract. uncountable
  3. 8
    Any artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, principally vanillin produced from lignin from the paper industry or from petrochemicals. uncountable
  4. 9
    Someone who is not into fetishism. countable, slang
  5. 10
    An unmodded version of a game. slang, uncountable
  6. 11
    A yellowish-white colour, like that of vanilla ice cream. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A white person. countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina (“pod”). "Plain" senses derive from the perceived plainness of vanilla ice cream.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina (“pod”). "Plain" senses derive from the perceived plainness of vanilla ice cream.

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