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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPI'CY, a. [from spice.]
1. Producing spice; abounding with spices; as the spicy shore of Arabia.
2. Having the qualities of spice; fragrant; aromatic; as spicy plants. Led by new stars and borne by spicy gales.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having an agreeably pungent taste [syn: piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zesty]
2: producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves; "hot salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot" [syn: hot, spicy]
3: 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" [syn: blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (spicier; -est) Date: 1562 1. having the quality, flavor, or fragrance of spice 2. producing or abounding in spices 3. lively, spirited 4. piquant, racy; especially somewhat scandalous or salacious <spicy gossip> • spicily adverb • spiciness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (spicier, spiciest) 1 of, flavoured with, or fragrant with spice. 2 piquant, pungent; sensational or improper (a spicy story). Derivatives: spicily adv. spiciness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Spicy 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(spicier, spiciest) Spicy food is strongly flavoured with spices. Thai food is hot and spicy. ...a spicy tomato and coriander sauce. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Aromatic, fragrant, balmy, racy. 2. Pungent, sharp, piquant, pointed, keen, racy.

Moby Thesaurus

ambrosial, aromatic, balmy, bawdy, biting, blue, brisk, broad, burning, curried, essenced, exciting, fiery, flavorful, flavorsome, flowery, fragrant, fruity, full-bodied, high-seasoned, high-spirited, hot, hot as pepper, improper, incense-breathing, indecent, indecorous, indelicate, interesting, intimate, inviting, juicy, lively, musky, nippy, notorious, odorate, odoriferous, odorous, off color, off-color, offensive, outrageous, peppery, perfumed, perfumy, piquant, poignant, provocative, provoking, pungent, purple, racy, readable, redolent, revealing, revelatory, ribald, rich, risky, risque, salty, savory, scabrous, scandalous, scented, seasoned, sensational, sexy, shady, sharp, snappy, sophisticated, spiced, spirited, stimulating, succulent, suggestive, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling, tangy, tantalizing, thought-challenging, thought-inspiring, thought-provoking, thuriferous, tickling, titillating, unseemly, wicked, with a kick, zestful, zesty, zippy