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SPICERY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored

Synonyms:

spice; spicery; spiciness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("spicery" is a kind of...):

taste property (a property appreciated via the sense of taste)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spicery"):

bite; pungency; raciness; sharpness (a strong odor or taste property)

nip; piquance; piquancy; piquantness; tang; tanginess; zest (a tart spicy quality)

hotness; pepperiness (a hot spiciness)

Derivation:

spice (make more interesting or flavorful)

spice (add herbs or spices to)

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