GINGERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gingery mean? 

• GINGERY (adjective)
  The adjective GINGERY has 2 senses:

1. having a taste like that of ginger

2. (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color

  Familiarity information: GINGERY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GINGERY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a taste like that of ginger

Similar:

tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color

Synonyms:

ginger; gingery

Context example:

a ginger kitten

Similar:

colored; colorful; coloured (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination)

 Context examples 

At the same time I was aware that a tall, thin man, with dark gingery hair, a few seats in front of me, was also upon his feet.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A grinning red face turned once more into a pink oval, fringed with gingery fluff; the interview was at an end.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)