gingery
English
adj
Definitions
- Somewhat reddish or reddish-brown in colour (especially of hair or skin colouring).
- (of a person) Having reddish-brown hair.
- Having a flavour or aroma of the spice ginger; containing that spice.
- (dated) Energetic, vigorous, lively, peppy, zippy.
- (US) Ginger, inhibited, cautious.
Etymology
Suffix from English ginger.
Origin
English
ginger
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ginger English
- ginger-haired English
- gingerade English
- gingerbread English
- gingered English
- gingerette English
- gingerish English
- gingerism English
- gingerlike English
- gingermint English
- gingerness English
- gingernut English
- gingerol English
- gingerous English
- gingerphobia English
- gingersnap English
- gingersome English
- gingette English
- ジンジャー Japanese
- gingere Middle English
- sinsir Welsh
- jinshar Manx
- ujinja Zulu