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   ginger

   /ˈdʒɪn(d)ʒə/

   noun

   • 1. a hot, fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant, which may be chopped or powdered for cooking, preserved in syrup, or candied.
   • ▪ short for ginger ale
   • 2. a SE Asian plant, which resembles bamboo in appearance, from which ginger is taken.
   • 3. a light reddish-yellow or orange-brown colour.
   • ▪ a red-haired or ginger-haired person. informal, derogatory British
   • 4. a quality of energy or spiritedness: "the ginger had gone out of the men"

   adjective

   • 1. (chiefly of hair or fur) of a light reddish-yellow or orange-brown colour.
   • ▪ (of a cat) having ginger fur: "a ginger tom"
   • ▪ (of a person) having red or ginger hair.

   verb

   • 1. make someone or something more lively: "she slapped his hand lightly to ginger him up"

   Word Origin late Old Englishgingifer, conflated in Middle English with Old French gingimbre, from medieval Latin gingiber, from Greek zingiberis, from Pali siṅgivera, of Dravidian origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. gingery adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

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