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SPICINESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does spiciness mean?

• SPICINESS (noun)
The noun SPICINESS has 2 senses:

1. the property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored
2. behavior or language bordering on indelicacy

Familiarity information: SPICINESS used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SPICINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The property of being seasoned with spice and so highly flavored

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

spicery; spiciness; spice

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

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

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

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)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Behavior or language bordering on indelicacy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

gaminess; raciness; ribaldry; spiciness

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

indelicacy (the trait of being indelicate and offensive)

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