gingery

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gingery

adjective more gingery · most gingery

Somewhat reddish or reddish-brown in colour (especially of hair or skin colouring). gingery hair / freckles; the gingery fur of a fox
Having reddish-brown hair. (of a person) The red-haired pilgrim was beside himself with the thought that at least this poor Kurtz had been properly revenged. […] He positively danced, the bloodthirsty little gingery beggar.
Having a flavour or aroma of the spice ginger; containing that spice. a gingery broth / stir-fry
dated Energetic, vigorous, lively, peppy, zippy. The boys have made themselves very popular with the fans here, because a good, gingery gaffe is played all the time, regardless of the score.
US, dated Ginger, inhibited, cautious. I walked slowly, and with an assumed air of careless indifference. I counterfeited the Comanche walk—not that bold free port—the magnificent and inimitable stride, so characteristic of Chippewa and Shawano, of Huron and Iroquois—but the shuffling gingery step of an English jockey; for such in realit

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@misc{gingery_2026,
  title = {gingery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gingery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}