spicey

English

Adjective

spicey (comparative more spicey, superlative most spicey)

1. Uncommon spelling of spicy.
   • 1806, Alexander Hunter, Culina Famulatrix Medicinæ, page 125:

     The English Cooks keep all their Spices in separate boxes, but the French Cooks make a spicey mixture that does not discover a predominancy of any one of the spices over the others.

   • 1972, Lee Bennett Hopkins, “[‘The Water’s Starting to Bleed!’ A Potpourri of Poetry Ideas] Poetry Activities for All Grades”, in Pass the Poetry, Please! Using Poetry in Pre-Kindergarten-Six Classrooms, New York, N.Y.: Citation Press, →ISBN, page 122:

     On each plate a food poem can appear. One might describe eating an ice cream cone on a summer day; another might mention the spicey taste of chili con carne or relishes on a hot dog.

   • 2014, Monique Roffey, House of Ashes, London: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 312:

     And the spicey smell of chadon beni is everywhere, blessed thistle, a cilantro which grows like a weed.

   • 2015, Sophie Thompson, My Family Kitchen: Favourite Recipes from Four Generations, London: Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 53:

     It’s also a good one to prepare in advance, as the fish balls benefit from an overnight stay in the fridge, plus spicey sauces always bloom, given some time…

References

• “spicy”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present: “or spice·y”
• “spicey”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present: “variant spelling of SPICY”