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spiciness|ˈspaɪsɪnɪs|
[f. spicy a. + -ness.]
The quality of being spicy (esp. in fig. senses).
1633Herbert Temple, Odour iii, That these two words might creep and grow To some degree of spicinesse to thee! 1655Vaughan Silex Scint. (1858) 81 Cold showers nipt and wrung Their spiciness and bloud. 1730Bailey (fol.), Aromaticalness, Spiciness. 1876World V. 11 Our English language does not lend itself so easily as the French to meretricious spiciness of phrase. 1895Outing XXVII. 38 There is a spiciness in the fact. |