Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

raciermore about racier

racier

 

  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Racy  \Ra"cy\,  a.  [Compar.  {Racier};  superl.  {Raciest}.]  [From 
  {Race}  a  tribe,  family.] 
  1.  Having  a  strong  flavor  indicating  origin;  of  distinct 
  characteristic  taste;  tasting  of  the  soil;  hence  fresh; 
  rich. 
 
  The  racy  wine,  Late  from  the  mellowing  cask  restored 
  to  light.  --Pope. 
 
  2.  Hence:  Exciting  to  the  mental  taste  by  a  strong  or 
  distinctive  character  of  thought  or  language;  peculiar  and 
  piquant;  fresh  and  lively. 
 
  Our  raciest,  most  idiomatic  popular  word  --M. 
  Arnold. 
 
  Burn's  English,  though  not  so  racy  as  his  Scotch,  is 
  generally  correct.  --H. 
  Coleridge. 
 
  The  rich  and  racy  humor  of  a  natural  converser  fresh 
  from  the  plow.  --Prof. 
  Wilson. 
 
  Syn:  Spicy;  spirited;  lively;  smart;  piquant. 
 
  Usage:  {Racy},  {Spicy}.  Racy  refers  primarily  to  that 
  peculiar  flavor  which  certain  wines  are  supposed  to 
  derive  from  the  soil  in  which  the  grapes  were  grown; 
  and  hence  we  call  a  style  or  production  racy  when  it 
  ``smacks  of  the  soil,''  or  has  an  uncommon  degree  of 
  natural  freshness  and  distinctiveness  of  thought  and 
  language.  Spicy,  when  applied,  has  reference  to  a 
  spirit  and  pungency  added  by  art,  seasoning  the  matter 
  like  a  condiment.  It  does  not  like  racy,  suggest 
  native  peculiarity.  A  spicy  article  in  a  magazine;  a 
  spicy  retort.  Racy  in  conversation;  a  racy  remark. 
 
  Rich,  racy  verses,  in  which  we  The  soil  from 
  which  they  come  taste,  smell,  and  see 
  --Cowley.




more about racier