noun
Meaning 1
The property of being spicy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spice
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spiciness
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Sound
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noun
Meaning 2
behavior or language bordering on indelicacy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gaminess, raciness, ribaldry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: indelicacy
noun
Meaning 3
the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: spice, spicery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: taste property
Narrower terms: pungency, bite, sharpness, raciness, nip, piquance, piquancy, piquantness, tang, tanginess, zest, hotness, pepperiness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English spicy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English spiciness From spicy + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Central Bikol: harang — degree to which something is spicy
- Esperanto: gusta akreco — degree to which something is spicy
- French: pseudo-chaleur — degree to which something is spicy
- German: Schärfe — degree to which something is spicy
- Greek: καυστικότητας (kafstikótitas) — degree to which something is spicy
- Italian: piccantezza — degree to which something is spicy
- Kapampangan: kaparasan — degree to which something is spicy
- Kapampangan: keparasan — degree to which something is spicy
- Portuguese: pungência — degree to which something is spicy
- Portuguese: ardência — degree to which something is spicy
- Spanish: lo picante — degree to which something is spicy
- Spanish: picor — degree to which something is spicy
- Spanish: lo alampante — degree to which something is spicy
- Tagalog: anghang — degree to which something is spicy
- Tamil: கார்ப்பு (kārppu) — degree to which something is spicy
- Tamil: காரம் (kāram) — degree to which something is spicy
- Tamil: உறைப்பு (uṟaippu) — degree to which something is spicy
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