Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

juicy

/ˈd͡ʒuːsi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.70 in modern English

Syllables: juicy
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒuːsi/

17

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having lots of juice.

adj

Exciting; titillating.

adj

Voluptuous, curvy, thick; sexy in those ways.

Slang

adj

Strong; thus, also painful.

adj

Muscular due to steroid use.

Slang

Example Sentences

"a juicy peach"
"a juicy pot roast"
"Near-synonyms: saucy, spicy"
"I do not keep up with all the latest juicy rumors."
"I like getting my teeth into a nice juicy problem."
"'Ah, but our conscience, my dear Bond. What shall we do with him while we are committing some juicy sin? That is a problem.'"

Etymology

From Middle English jousy, jowsy (“drunken”, literally “full of juice (liquor)”). By surface analysis, juic(e) + -y.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: jousy

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

juicier (comparative) juiciest (superlative) juicey (alternative, rare)

Derived Forms

juicily juiciness

Phrases

juicy girl orange-juicy

Frequently Paired Words

orange-juicy watery oily glancing

Synonyms

sappy succulent succulous saucy spicy luscious alluring arousing attractive bangable beautiful beddable

Antonyms

dry unjuicy dried dried out dried up scrawny light

Rhymes With

lucy lucie lucey goosey russi bucy luisi perusse toussie debussy luci sluicy

Questions

How do you pronounce juicy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈd͡ʒuːsi/.
What does juicy mean?: Having lots of juice.
Where does juicy come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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