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spicery

spicery

1 9.9
A strong taste and smell from spices like cloves or cardamom
  • noun
  • /ˈspaɪsəri/
  • Archaic
translation icon : especiería
  • The spicery of the curry completely transformed the simple rice dish.

Examples

  • The spicery of the dish made it unforgettable.

  • Her cakes are renowned for their delicate spicery and balanced sweetness.

  • The chef added plenty of cloves and cardamom, giving the dessert an intense spicery.

  • Her cooking is known for its rich spicery.

  • The recipe was filled with a delightful spicery that made the dish unforgettable.

  • Her cooking always has a wonderful spicery that excites my taste buds.

  • The market was vibrant, filled with the spicery of freshly ground spices and herbs.

Synonyms

spiciness
vsspicery
2 2.3

A strong hot taste that makes your mouth tingle

is milder and can mean aromatic rather than strongly hot

Antonyms

blandness
1 4.1

A lack of strong taste in food

tastelessness
5.1

Food or drink that has no flavor

How Spicy

pungency
1 7.0
spicery
  • Archaic
1 9.9
mildness
1 3.3
blandness
1 4.1

Surface Forms

spicery singular
spiceries plural

Morphology

spicery = spice (semi-transparent) = spice + ery

The meaning is directly related to 'spice', but the rare suffix '-ery' and potential confusion with an archaic 'place/collection' sense make the formation less immediately obvious to learners.

Etymology

Spicery comes from spice — a word that long ago named exotic 'goods' used to add flavor to food — plus the ending -ery, which makes a noun for a place or a quality (like in bakery). So spicery means the 'quality' or state of being full of spices, the warm, aromatic taste they give to a dish.