Racy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having a distinctive and characteristic quality or taste.
  • adj. Strong and sharp in flavor or odor; piquant or pungent.
  • adj. Risqué; ribald.
  • adj. Vigorous; lively.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.
  • adj. Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
  • adj. Mildly risque, exciting.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.
  • adj. Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
  • adj. somewhat suggestive of sexual themes; slightly improper; risqué.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having an agreeably peculiar flavor, of a kind that may be supposed to be imparted by the soil, as wine; peculiarly palatable.
  • Having a strong distinctive and agreeable quality of any kind; spirited; pungent; piquant; spicy: as, a racy style; a racy anecdote.
  • Pertaining to race or kind; racially distinctive or peculiar; of native origin or quality.
  • Synonyms and Racy, Spicy. These words agree in expressing a quality that is relished, physically or mentally. Literally, racy applies to the peculiar flavor which wines derive from the soil, and spicy to the flavor given to food, breezes, etc., by spice. Figuratively, that is racy which is agreeably fresh and distinctive in thought and expression; that is spicy which is agreeably pungent to the mind, producing a sensation comparable to that which spice produces in taste. Pointedness is essential to spiciness, and likely to be found in raciness.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. designed or suitable for competing in a race
  • adj. full of zest or vigor
  • adj. marked by richness and fullness of flavor
  • adj. suggestive of sexual impropriety
  • Equivalent
    mobile    spirited    tasty    sexy   
    Variant
    raciest    racier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lively    risquü    spicy    piquant    smart    spirited    rich    risqu    palatable    stimulating   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Casey    Dacey    Gracie    Lacey    Lacy    Macy    Stacey    Stacie    Stacy    Tracey   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    piquant    colloquial    idiomatic    terse    incisive    forcible    epigrammatic    sprightly    fluent    concise