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juicy, a.|ˈdʒuːsɪ|
[f. juice n. + -y.]
1. a. Full of or abounding in juice; succulent.
c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 54 Now wesseil N. unto thi Iousy pate, Unthrift and thou to-gidre be mett. 1552Huloet, Iuycy, or full of iuyce,..succulentus. 1620Venner Via Recta vii. 113 The iuycie substance of the Pomegranet is wholsome. 1641Milton Animadv. i. Wks. (1851) 195 Those hydropick humours not discernable at first from a fair and juicy fleshinesse of body. 1697Dryden Virg. Past. vii. 80 Nor with'ring Vines their juicy Vintage yield. 1714Gay Trivia ii. 434 Blue plumbs and juicy pears augment his gain. 1860Tyndall Glac. 86 The mutton..became more tender and juicy.
b. Of weather: Rainy, wet, soaking. colloq.
1837–40Haliburton Clockm. (1862) 497 The weather..has been considerable juicy here lately. 1868Helps Realmah xvii. (1876) 497 It rained incessantly..A juicy day in the country promotes meditation of the most serious kind. 1893Outing (U.S.) XXII. 139/1 We began the juiciest ride on record. How it rained!
2. fig.
a. Rich in wealth, fit to be ‘sucked’ (quot. 1621); of rich intellectual quality, full of interest (the opposite of ‘dry’). colloq.
1621Sanderson Serm. 1 Cor. vii. 24 ⁋28 Those parcel-gallants that have..no other use of their wits, but to distil a kind of maintenance from juycy heirs and flush novices by play. 1838Darwin Let. to Lyell in Life & Lett. (1887) I. 292 You have contrived to make it quite ‘juicy’, as we used to say as children of a good story. 1870Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. (1873) 30 His own style, juicy with proverbial phrases. 1894Academy 85/3 His ‘juicy’ way of teaching (if we may be pardoned for a convenient Americanism).
b. In the slang of art criticism: Having a rich colouring suggestive of a moist surface.
1897Daily News 24 Mar. 3/2 A fine bit of juicy landscape and rich colour. 1898Mag. Art Feb. 196 The colouring is warm, rich, and juicy; the handling very rapid.
c. Suggestive, esp. in a sexual way; piquant, racy, sensational. colloq.
1883J. Greenwood Odd People 59 ‘Let me play you a tune, then,’ said the frightened lad... ‘All right, then. Play us something juicy,’ exclaimed the ruffian. 1908Kipling Lett. of Travel (1920) 153 They interpolated no juicy anecdotes of murder or theft among their acquaintance. 1920S. Lewis Main St. ix. 102 The gang..gathered in a snickering knot to listen to the ‘juicy stories’. 1923A. Bennett Riceyman Steps i. ii. 4 Accounts of bloody crimes and juicy sexual irregularities. 1929[see duck soup s.v. duck n.1 12]. 1953[see gang-bang s.v. gang n.1 12]. 1958B. Nichols Sweet & Twenties 106 Extracting what he was pleased to call ‘the juicy bits’. 1965‘O. Mills’ Dusty Death xix. 177 ‘Aren't you going to give us a look at it?’ ‘Not this one, no. Far, far too juicy.’ 1972J. McClure Caterpillar Cop xiii. 218 His parents sound the sort who'd run a mile before they'd say the word ‘sex’. They wouldn't have any juicy books in the house either.
d. Excellent, vigorous, first-rate; serious; profitable.
1916E. F. Benson David Blaize vi. 119 It didn't often happen that the first ball of an innings was slogged for six. Juicy hit, too! 1922G. Ade Let. 8 Mar. (1973) 80 The author who has only a few stories ready to market can see no prospect of juicy returns. 1934Time & Tide 8 Sept. 1122/2 But still, with this juicy price in prospect, the shrewd professionals are hesitant. 1948Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang 104 Juicy, (of targets) easy, or well worth the trouble of destroying. 1962Times 18 Oct. 6/3, I have been thinking of some very juicy ways of how we can use the South Carriage Drive in one of the royal parks. |