gingery

== English == === Etymology === From ginger +‎ -y. === Adjective === gingery (comparative more gingery, superlative most gingery) Somewhat reddish or reddish-brown in colour (especially of hair or skin colouring). Having reddish-brown hair. (of a person) Having a flavour or aroma of the spice ginger; containing that spice. (dated) Energetic, vigorous, lively, peppy, zippy. 1912, P. R. Bennett, “Patience on a Throne” in Ducdame: A Book of Verses, London: Elliot Stock, p. 44,[6] The man who reads his history of any clime or age Finds characters of potentates disfiguring each page, So touchy and so gingery That every little injury Will send them flying off into a rage. (US, dated) Ginger, inhibited, cautious. === Anagrams === greying, niggery