gingery

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Somewhat reddish or reddish-brown in colour (especially of hair or skin colouring).
    — gingery hair / freckles; the gingery fur of a fox
  2. Having reddish-brown hair. (of a person)
    — The red-haired pilgrim was beside himself with the thought that at least this poor Kurtz had been properly revenged. […] He positively danced, the bloodthirsty little gingery beggar.
  3. Having a flavour or aroma of the spice ginger; containing that spice.
    — a gingery broth / stir-fry
  4. Energetic, vigorous, lively, peppy, zippy. dated
    — The boys have made themselves very popular with the fans here, because a good, gingery gaffe is played all the time, regardless of the score.
  5. Ginger, inhibited, cautious. US,dated
    — I walked slowly, and with an assumed air of careless indifference. I counterfeited the Comanche walk—not that bold free port—the magnificent and inimitable stride, so characteristic of Chippewa and Shawano, of Huron and Iroquois—but the shuffling gingery step of an English jockey; for such in reality is the gait of the Comanche Indian when afoot.

词形变化

more gingery comparative most gingery superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci)
Proto-Dravidian *wēr
Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr)
Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor.
Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der.
Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor.
Late Latin zingiberi
Late Latin gingiberbor.
Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō
Old English gingifer
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Old French gingembreinflu.
Middle English gingivere
Middle English gingere
English ginger
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English gingery
From ginger + -y.
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