Definition of Spice

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Definition of Spice

Spice

Species; kind.

A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc.

Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief.

To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice one's words with wit.

To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices.

To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous.

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Spice Quotations

Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out spices. The Egyptians were buried with their spices. I know which one I'm taking with me when I go.
Erma Bombeck

Lovers may be - and indeed generally are - enemies, but they never can be friends, because there must always be a spice of jealousy and a something of Self in all their speculations.
Lord Byron

An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.
Bette Davis

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
George Bernard Shaw

If variety is the spice of life, marriage is the big can of leftover Spam.
Johnny Carson

The Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has just published the story of her life. I confess that it is not in my reading table.
Mick Jagger

We were the Spice Boys.
George Harrison

I absolutely hate Take That, East 17, the Spice Girls.
Siobhan Fahey

Variety is the spice of love.
Helen Rowland

The foreign accent was a promise, and indeed, all over the country, European imports added spice to the sciences, the arts, and other areas. What one had to give was not considered inferior to what one received.
Rudolf Arnheim

Spice Translations

spice in Dutch is kruiden
spice in Italian is aromatizzare, spezie
spice in Norwegian is kryddek
spice in Spanish is condimentar, especia, especiar
spice in Swedish is krydda

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