gingery
/dʒˈɪndʒɚi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.66 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Somewhat reddish or reddish-brown in colour (especially of hair or skin colouring).
adj
Having reddish-brown hair. (of a person)
Example Sentences
- "gingery hair / freckles; the gingery fur of a fox"
- "The very learned gentleman […] has cooled the natural heat of his gingery complexion in pools and fountains of law […]"
- "He was a small, thick man, with a great rounded, bald head and one thin border of gingery curls."
- "He had bright red hair, not just gingery like Andrew’s […]"
- "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."
- "a gingery broth / stir-fry"
Etymology
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. Latin zingiberi Late Latin gingiberbor. Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō Old English gingifer ▲ 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.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more gingery (comparative)
most gingery (superlative)