gingery.html - n.,
adj., & v. --n.

1 a a hot spicy root usu. powdered for use in cooking, or preserved in syrup, or candied. b the plant, Zingiber officinale, of SE Asia, having this root.
2 a light reddish-yellow colour.
3 spirit, mettle.
4 stimulation.

--adj.

of a ginger colour.

--v.

tr.
1 flavour with ginger.
2 (foll. by up) rouse or enliven.

black ginger unscraped ginger. ginger ale an effervescent non-alcoholic clear drink flavoured with ginger extract. ginger beer an effervescent mildly alcoholic cloudy drink, made by fermenting a mixture of ginger and syrup. ginger group Brit. a group within a party or movement that presses for stronger or more radical policy or action. ginger-nut a ginger-flavoured biscuit. ginger-pop colloq. = ginger ale. ginger-snap a thin brittle biscuit flavoured with ginger. ginger wine a drink of fermented sugar, water, and bruised ginger.

gingery adj. [ME f. OE gingiber & OF gingi(m)bre, both f. med.L gingiber ult. f. Skr. srngaveram f. srngam horn + -vera body, with ref. to the antler-shape of the root]

gingery.html - n.
1 a cake made with treacle or syrup and flavoured with ginger.
2 (often attrib.) a gaudy or tawdry decoration or ornament.

gingery.html - adv. & adj.
--adv.

in a careful or cautious manner.

--adj.

showing great care or caution.

gingerliness n. [perh. f. OF gensor delicate, compar. of gent graceful f. L genitus (well-)born]

gingery.html - n.,
adj., & v. --n.

1 a a hot spicy root usu. powdered for use in cooking, or preserved in syrup, or candied. b the plant, Zingiber officinale, of SE Asia, having this root.
2 a light reddish-yellow colour.
3 spirit, mettle.
4 stimulation.

--adj.

of a ginger colour.

--v.

tr.
1 flavour with ginger.
2 (foll. by up) rouse or enliven.

black ginger unscraped ginger. ginger ale an effervescent non-alcoholic clear drink flavoured with ginger extract. ginger beer an effervescent mildly alcoholic cloudy drink, made by fermenting a mixture of ginger and syrup. ginger group Brit. a group within a party or movement that presses for stronger or more radical policy or action. ginger-nut a ginger-flavoured biscuit. ginger-pop colloq. = ginger ale. ginger-snap a thin brittle biscuit flavoured with ginger. ginger wine a drink of fermented sugar, water, and bruised ginger.

gingery adj. [ME f. OE gingiber & OF gingi(m)bre, both f. med.L gingiber ult. f. Skr. srngaveram f. srngam horn + -vera body, with ref. to the antler-shape of the root]

gingery.html - n.
1 a cake made with treacle or syrup and flavoured with ginger.
2 (often attrib.) a gaudy or tawdry decoration or ornament.

gingery.html - adv. & adj.
--adv.

in a careful or cautious manner.

--adj.

showing great care or caution.

gingerliness n. [perh. f. OF gensor delicate, compar. of gent graceful f. L genitus (well-)born]