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spicy (adj.)
[spicy 词源字典]
1560s, from
spice
(n.) +
-y
(2). In reference to flowers, breezes, etc., "sweet-smelling," from 1640s. Figurative sense of "racy, salacious" dates from 1844. Related:
Spiciness
.
[spicy etymology, spicy origin, 英语词源]
[spicy 词源字典]