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spice

noun
/spaɪs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Late Latin speciō Late Latin -iēs Late Latin speciēs Old French espicebor. Anglo-Norman specebor. Middle English spice English spice Inherited from Middle English spice, from Old French espice (modern épice), from Late Latin speciēs (“spice, good, ware”), from Latin speciēs (“kind, sort”). Doublet of species.

  1. derived from speciēs
  2. derived from speciēs
  3. derived from espice
  4. inherited from spice

Definitions

  1. Aromatic or pungent plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavor food.

    • Vanilla itself was transplanted from Madagascar, the main source of the spice, to Polynesia a century ago.

  2. The quality of being spicy.

    • What spice level do you want for your pad thai? I recommend mild.

  3. Appeal, interest

    Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.

    • variety is the spice of life
    • Honor, a^([sic]) 18-year-old high school student who thinks she has it more together than her fellow students and who looks to both Leslie and Bernie to provide friendship and spice in her life.
  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. A psychoactive neocannabinoid.

    2. Sweets, candy.

      • Let's go daan to t'spice shop an see what they've i stock

    3. Species

      Species; kind.

    4. A characteristic touch or taste

      A characteristic touch or taste; smack; flavour.

    5. An aromatic odor.

    6. Erotic or pornographic material, usually in written form

      Erotic or pornographic material, usually in written form; smut.

    7. An additional input parameter used as a secondary, non-secret key in the Hasty Pudding…

      An additional input parameter used as a secondary, non-secret key in the Hasty Pudding cipher.

    8. To add spice or spices to

      To add spice or spices to; season.

      • Madame de Pompadour was fond of chocolates spiced with vanilla and amber.

    9. To spice up.

      • City Men is pretty much the same kind of sentimental comedy spiced with wisecracks as The Women, a disappointingly familiar genre.

    10. plural of spouse

    11. Acronym of Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis, a general-purpose,…

      Acronym of Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis, a general-purpose, open-source analog electronic circuit simulator.

    12. A surname.

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Derived

allspice, bespice, golden spice, hunger is the best spice, king of spices, mixed spice, Montreal steak spice, pondspice, pudding spice, pumpkin pie spice, pumpkin-pie spice, pumpkin spice, pumpkin-spice latte, pumpkin spice latte, queen of spices, spice bag, spiceberry, spicebox, spice brown, spicebush, spice drop, spice fiend, spice finch, spiceful, spicehead, spicehouse, spiceland, spiceless, spicelike, spicenut, spice rack, spicery, spicewise, spicewood, spiciness, spicy, sugar and spice, sugar and spice and everything nice, table spice, overspice · +1 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at spice. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01spice02pungent03spicy04capsaicin05peppers06pepper07hot08heat

A definitional loop anchored at spice. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at spice

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA