gingerousadj.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒərəs/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɪndʒərəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ginger n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: < ginger n. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier gingery adj.

Now rare.

†1. Made from, flavoured with, or tasting of ginger; gingery. Obsolete.

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1853 Manch. Examiner & Times 26 Oct. 5/2 Ginger beer.., the gingerous liquid.

1885 Fun 5 Aug. 62/1 The young ones prepared to be dreadfully queer By too much indulgence in gingerous beer.

1913 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 19 Nov. (advt.) Gingerous gingerbread that's light and flaky.

2. Of hair, complexion, etc.: ginger-coloured, sandy.

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the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > red

redc1275

auburn1591

Abraham?1592

sorrel1600

Abram1602

sandy-coloured1661

carrot1671

carrot-coloured1684

Judas colour1695

carroty1696

sandy1734

gingery1844

Titian1863

gingerous1864

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. x. 93 Mr. Lammle takes his gingerous whiskers in his left hand, and..frowns furtively at his beloved, out of a thick gingerous bush.

1884 Baily's Monthly Mag. Mar. 82 When a gingerous whiskered person sees me making straight for the waggonette..he instantly battles for my portmanteau.

1908 Pearson's Mag. Sept. 325/2 An odd, small, dried-up personage was Mapes, with fiery red hair and a gingerous moustache.

1920 E. T. Raymond Mr. Balfour xix. 182 A ‘gingerous’ Liberal member wanted to know whether our antiaircraft guns were of the right kind.

2013 Telegraph (Nexis) 29 Nov. In the spirit of the Red Hot exhibition, you might be better off just celebrating them [sc. freckles] in all their gingerous glory.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gingerous
释义	gingerousadj. Brit. /ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒərəs/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪndʒərəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ginger n., -ous suffix. Etymology: < ginger n. + -ous suffix. Compare earlier gingery adj. Now rare. †1. Made from, flavoured with, or tasting of ginger; gingery. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1853 Manch. Examiner & Times 26 Oct. 5/2 Ginger beer.., the gingerous liquid. 1885 Fun 5 Aug. 62/1 The young ones prepared to be dreadfully queer By too much indulgence in gingerous beer. 1913 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 19 Nov. (advt.) Gingerous gingerbread that's light and flaky. 2. Of hair, complexion, etc.: ginger-coloured, sandy. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > colour of hair > [adjective] > red redc1275 auburn1591 Abraham?1592 sorrel1600 Abram1602 sandy-coloured1661 carrot1671 carrot-coloured1684 Judas colour1695 carroty1696 sandy1734 gingery1844 Titian1863 gingerous1864 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. x. 93 Mr. Lammle takes his gingerous whiskers in his left hand, and..frowns furtively at his beloved, out of a thick gingerous bush. 1884 Baily's Monthly Mag. Mar. 82 When a gingerous whiskered person sees me making straight for the waggonette..he instantly battles for my portmanteau. 1908 Pearson's Mag. Sept. 325/2 An odd, small, dried-up personage was Mapes, with fiery red hair and a gingerous moustache. 1920 E. T. Raymond Mr. Balfour xix. 182 A ‘gingerous’ Liberal member wanted to know whether our antiaircraft guns were of the right kind. 2013 Telegraph (Nexis) 29 Nov. In the spirit of the Red Hot exhibition, you might be better off just celebrating them [sc. freckles] in all their gingerous glory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1853
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