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1. flavoured with, or containing, spice or spices; fragrant; aromatic; as, spicy breezes. "The spicy nut-brown ale." "Led by new stars, and borne by spicy gales." (Pope)
2. Producing, or abounding with, spices. "In hot Ceylon spicy forests grew." (Dryden)
3. Piquant; racy; as, a spicy debate.
Synonyms: Aromatic, fragrant, smart, pungent, pointed, keen. See Racy.
Origin: From Spice.
(01 Mar 1998)
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