Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having a distinctive and characteristic quality or taste.
- adj. Strong and sharp in flavor or odor; piquant or pungent.
- adj. Risqué; ribald.
- adj. Vigorous; lively.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having an agreeably peculiar flavor, of a kind that may be supposed to be imparted by the soil, as wine; peculiarly palatable.
- Having a strong distinctive and agreeable quality of any kind; spirited; pungent; piquant; spicy: as, a racy style; a racy anecdote.
- Pertaining to race or kind; racially distinctive or peculiar; of native origin or quality.
- Synonyms and Racy, Spicy. These words agree in expressing a quality that is relished, physically or mentally. Literally, racy applies to the peculiar flavor which wines derive from the soil, and spicy to the flavor given to food, breezes, etc., by spice. Figuratively, that is racy which is agreeably fresh and distinctive in thought and expression; that is spicy which is agreeably pungent to the mind, producing a sensation comparable to that which spice produces in taste. Pointedness is essential to spiciness, and likely to be found in raciness.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.
- adj. Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
- adj. Mildly risque, exciting.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.
- adj. Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
- adj. somewhat suggestive of sexual themes; slightly improper; risqué.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. designed or suitable for competing in a race
- adj. full of zest or vigor
- adj. marked by richness and fullness of flavor
- adj. suggestive of sexual impropriety
Etymologies
- From race1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Alright, i have read and understood both sides of this controversy .. and all i have to say is; Miley is 15 years old, though it may not be the best way for her to potray herself, its what they do. im 17, and when i was her age, i took what you call racy pictures as well, shes just having fun and doing what any teenage girl does.”
“But there's nothing terribly racy from the 19th century.”
“The Sex and Shanghai website, which was not immediately accessible today, chronicled in racy language the exploits of the author who claimed to be an English teacher at a local university.”
““Democracy is on the way out,” (Haim Harari) or “We might all destroy ourselves” (Howard Gardner).”
“I'm not sure if there's any way to adapt JE without making the plot seem cheap and rickety; without Bronte's sinewy sentences--what the Victorians would have called "racy"--the events all too easily devolve into the stuff of pure pop fiction.”
“Grubbs has reportedly told this week's edition of Us Weekly magazine that she began an affair with Woods in April 2007 and '' she has more than 300 text messages - some of them described as 'racy' - to prove it ''.”
“Us Weekly magazine that she had a 31-month affair with Woods, starting in April 2007, and that she has more than 300 text messages - some of them described as "racy" - to prove it.”
“You’re right to put some of the focus on the people, but at the same time, even a democracy is a state — with all the apparatus of a state, the executive & military power & responsibility — so the people only participate to apoint.”
“Judith Miller and Matt Cooper of Time can’t claim any special place in American democracy from the word “journalist” appearing under their names on their businesscards.”
“It may not be AS racy aka no more scenes of him naked with another man getting into things.. but It would definitely still be there.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘racy’.
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What a -Y does to an otherwise common, dull word
zany, waxy, wavy, arty, chewy, bony, boxy, cozy, nosy, foxy, wiry, junky and 321 more...
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Need to Know!
elicit, educe, refute, cogency, churlish, martinet, veritable, polyglot, dissemble, histrionics, prevarication, verbiage and 166 more...
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stpeter's Words
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sputnik
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5-0
Hecko, words! I’m so happy I’ve found you. I want to keep you all and never want to lose you again. I hope you like it here.
amscray, thistledown, tine, tinsel, pungent, snarl, wail, lanky, viscid, dawdle, luminous, stow and 2719 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., dispensing of all..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o... and 2229 more...
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Permutations
There are 17576 different sequences of three letters (26 x 26 x 26). How many of them occur in words? General rules of engagement: mononyms only, lower case preferred to upper case, short preferred...
aaargh, niqaabi, Isaac, raad, baaed, haaf, laager, aah, kamaaina, Naajaat, aak, aalii and 637 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., dispensing of all..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o... and 2229 more...
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Sheldon
This strange person, who I have the uttermost pleasure and joy in knowing, is described by the following list of words. Each word is no doubt perfect - and sometimes literal - in the likeness and a...
fun, lanky, turtle, good-natured, tenacious, charismatic, spirited, racy, brilliant, quick-witted, intellectual, musical and 3 more...
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