n.
- a hot, fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant.
- a SE Asian plant, resembling bamboo in appearance, from which ginger is taken.
[Zingiber officinale.]
- a light reddish-yellow colour.
- spirit; mettle.
v.
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[usu. as adj. gingered]
flavour with ginger.
-
(ginger someone/thing up)
make someone or something more lively.
Derivative
Etymology
OE gingifer, conflated in ME with OFr. gingimbre, from med. L. gingiber, from Gk zingiberis, from Pali siṅgivera, of Dravidian origin.