spice
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spice/spʌɪs/
▶noun
- 1 an aromatic or pungent vegetable substance used to flavour food, e.g. pepper.
- 2 an element providing interest and excitement.
- 3 N. English confectionery.
- 1 (often as adj. spiced) flavour with spice.
- 2 (often spice something up) make more exciting or interesting.
– origin ME: shortening of OFr. espice, from L. species ‘sort, kind’, in late L. ‘wares’.
'spice' also found in these Oxford entries:
allspice
- aroma
- cardamom
- chilli
- cinnamon
- clove
- cumin
- fenugreek
- five-spice
- garam masala
- Gewürztraminer
- ginger
- grains of Paradise
- gravy
- incense
- mace
- masala
- negus
- nutmeg
- paprika
- pepper
- peppercorn
- pimiento
- pinole
- rich
- saffron
- spicy
- strictly
- sumac
- tikka
