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Etymology

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From Middle English jousy, jowsy (“drunken”, literally “full of juice (liquor)”).[1] By surface analysis, juic(e) +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːsi/
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  • Rhymes: -uːsi

Adjective

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juicy (comparative juicier, superlative juiciest)

  1. Having lots of juice.
    Synonyms: sappy, succulent, succulous
    Antonyms: dry, unjuicy; dried, dried out, dried up
    Coordinate terms: watery, oily
    a juicy peach
    a juicy pot roast
  2. (figurative, of a story, etc.) Exciting; titillating.
    Antonym: unjuicy
    Near-synonyms: saucy, spicy
    I do not keep up with all the latest juicy rumors.
    I like getting my teeth into a nice juicy problem.
    • 1953, Ian Fleming, “The Nature of Evil”, in Casino Royale, London: Pan Books, published 1955, page 145:
      'Ah, but our conscience, my dear Bond. What shall we do with him while we are committing some juicy sin? That is a problem.'
    • 2014 November 12, James Martin, “Confessions of a Catholic priest”, in CNN‎[1]:
      If you’re looking for juicier confessions – that is, admissions of the kinds of sins unearthed on detective shows or reality TV – then you’ll want to look elsewhere. My sinning life is rather uneventful.
    • 2018 December 5, Chris Cillizza, “The 5 juiciest redactions in Michael Flynn’s sentencing document”, in CNN‎[2]:
      Here are the five juiciest redactions from the Flynn sentencing document, with some context and a smidge of informed speculation about What It All Means.
    • 2021 August 20, Brian Lowry, “‘Gossip’ charts how tabloid tattlers ‘escaped from their cages’ and rippled through the media”, in CNN‎[3]:
      “Gossip” is about a lot more than just juicy tidbits and the columnists that peddle them, presenting a multifaceted look at gossip’s role in the newspaper/media ecosystem and at Rupert Murdoch’s enterprises in particular.
    • 2025 September 22, Arwa Mahdawi, “107 Days by Kamala Harris review – no closure, no hope”, in The Guardian‎[4], →ISSN:
      The former vice-president’s characterizations of peers such as Pete Buttigieg (talented but too gay for the America to accept as her running mate), and Josh Shapiro (an egoist) are not particularly juicy, but have already caused bad blood.
  3. (slang) Voluptuous, curvy, thick; sexy in those ways.
    Synonyms: luscious; see also Thesaurus:sexy
    Antonyms: scrawny, unjuicy
  4. (of a blow, strike, etc., uncommon) Strong; thus, also painful.
    Antonym: light
    Coordinate term: glancing
    • 1960, (P. G. Wodehouse, “chapter V”, in Jeeves in the Offing:
      “Your head feels funny, doesn't it?”
      “It does rather,” I said, the bump I had given it had been a juicy one, and the temples were throbbing.
    • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, “chapter I”, in Jeeves in the Offing:
      Years ago, when striplings, he and I had done a stretch together at Malvern House, Bramley-on-Sea, the preparatory school conducted by that prince of stinkers, Aubrey Upjohn MA, and had frequently stood side by side in the Upjohn study awaiting the receipt of six of the juiciest from a cane of the type that biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder, as the fellow said.
  5. (slang, of a person) Muscular due to steroid use.

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References

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  1. ^ “jǒusī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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