Gingery

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. Somewhat reddish or reddish-brown in colour (especially of hair or skin colouring).
2. Having reddish-brown hair. (of a person)
3. Having a flavour or aroma of the spice ginger; containing that spice.
4. (dated) Energetic, vigorous, lively, peppy, zippy.
5. (US, dated) Ginger, inhibited, cautious.

Example Sentences

gingery hair / freckles; the gingery fur of a fox

The very learned gentleman […] has cooled the natural heat of his gingery complexion in pools and fountains of law […]

He was a small, thick man, with a great rounded, bald head and one thin border of gingery curls.

He had bright red hair, not just gingery like Andrew’s […]

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.

a gingery broth / stir-fry

Nostalgic, gingery hints of Spanish geranium wafted in her mother’s room […]

1912, P. R. Bennett, “Patience on a Throne” in Ducdame: A Book of Verses, London: Elliot Stock, p. 44, The man who reads his history of any clime or age Finds characters of potentates disfiguring each page, So touchy and so gingery That every little injury Will send them flying off into a rage.

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• more gingery
• most gingery

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