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GINGERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gingery mean?
• GINGERY (adjective)
The adjective GINGERY has 2 senses:
1. having a taste like that of ginger
2. (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color
Familiarity information: GINGERY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a taste like that of ginger
Similar:
tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color
Synonyms:
ginger; gingery
Context example:
a ginger kitten
Similar:
colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)
Context examples
At the same time I was aware that a tall, thin man, with dark gingery hair, a few seats in front of me, was also upon his feet.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A grinning red face turned once more into a pink oval, fringed with gingery fluff; the interview was at an end.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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