Spice

Pronunciation

• enPR: spÄ«s, IPA: /spaɪs/
• Rhymes: -aɪs

From Old French espice (modern épice), from Late Latin (plural) species ("spices, goods, wares"), from Latin (singular) spĕciēs ("kind, sort").

Full definition of spice

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food.
2. (figurative, uncountable) Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting, or engaging.
3. (uncountable, Yorkshire) Sweets, candy.
4. (obsolete) Species; kind.
• Wyclif Bible, 1 Thessalonians v. 22Abstain you from all evil spice.
• Sir T. ElyotJustice, although it be but one entire virtue, yet is described in two kinds of spices. The one is named justice distributive, the other is called commutative.

Hyponyms

Hypernyms

• seasoning

Coordinate terms

• herb

Derived terms

• allspice
• five-spice powder
• herbs and spices
• spiceberry
• spicebush
• spicery
• spice up
• spiciness
• spicy
• spicy tooth
• variety is the spice of life

Verb

1. (transitive) To add spice or spices to.

Derived terms

• spice up

Formed by analogy with mice as the plural of mouse by Robert A. Heinlein in .

Noun

plural

1. (nonce word) Plural of spouse

Anagrams

• epics