| ginger Aug 1st 2011, 02:12 Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary (Difference between revisions) | | | | Line 13: | Line 13: | | {{en-noun|gingers|-}} | | {{en-noun|gingers|-}} | | | | | | - | # Any plant of a genus (''[[Zingiber]]'', especially ''Zingiber officinale'') of tropical Asiatic and Polynesian [[herb]]s of a family (''[[Zingiberaceae]]'', the ginger family) with pungent aromatic rhizomes used as a condiment and as a stimulant and acarminative. | + | # Any plant of a genus (''[[Zingiber]]'', especially ''Zingiber officinale'') of tropical Asiatic and Polynesian [[herb]]s of a family (''[[Zingiberaceae]]'', the ginger family) with pungent aromatic rhizomes used as a condiment and as a [[stimulant]] and [[acarminative]]. | | # The rhizome of this plant used as a [[spice]] either as it is or in dried powdered form. | | # The rhizome of this plant used as a [[spice]] either as it is or in dried powdered form. | | # A reddish-brown colour/color. | | # A reddish-brown colour/color. |
Latest revision as of 02:12, 1 August 2011 Wikipedia [edit] English [edit] Pronunciation [edit] Etymology 1 Middle English gingere, alteration of gingivere, from late Old English gingifer, gingiber (influenced by Old French gingibre), from Medieval Latin gingiber, zingeber, from Latin zingiberi, from Late Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Middle Indic (cf. Pali siṅgivēra, Sanskrit śṛñgavera) (influenced by śṛñgam 'horn'), from Old Tamil iñci vēr, literally, 'ginger foot' (mod. Tamil இஞ்ஜி (inji) வேர் (ver)). ginger (countable and uncountable; plural gingers) - Any plant of a genus (Zingiber, especially Zingiber officinale) of tropical Asiatic and Polynesian herbs of a family (Zingiberaceae, the ginger family) with pungent aromatic rhizomes used as a condiment and as a stimulant and acarminative.
- The rhizome of this plant used as a spice either as it is or in dried powdered form.
- A reddish-brown colour/color.
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- (colloquial) (countable) A person with reddish-brown hair.
[edit] Derived terms terms derived from ginger (noun) [edit] Translations person with reddish-brown hair - The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
[edit] Adjective ginger (comparative more ginger, superlative most ginger) - (used to describe hair) Of a reddish-brown colour.
- flavoured with ginger.
- (Cockney rhyming slang, derogatory) Queer (ie, homosexual) (short for ginger beer, rhyming with queer).
[edit] Translations ginger (third-person singular simple present gingers, present participle gingering, simple past and past participle gingered) - To add ginger to.
- To enliven.
[edit] Derived terms [edit] Related terms [edit] See also [edit] Etymology 2 ginger (third-person singular simple present gingers, present participle gingering, simple past and past participle gingered) - To move gingerly.
- 1972 September 1, Paul Hemphill, "'I Gotta Let the Kid Go'", in Life, ISSN 0024-3019, Volume 73, Number 9, page 42:
- Spring training began on Christmas Day, when my cousin and I gingered onto the lot behind the fire station to try out our new spikes.
- 1979, Bill Marshall, Bukom,[1] Longman, ISBN 9780582642232, page 83:
- She gingered her way into the river and timidly splashed into its waters.
- 1992, Donald Anderson, "My Name Is Stephen Mann", in Aethlon, reprinted in Fire Road, University of Iowa Press (2001), ISBN 978-0-87745-778-7, page 11:
- I gingered my hands into my grandfather's [boxing] gloves.
- 2009, Montana Kid Hammer, The Old West Adventures of Ornery and Slim: The Partnership, AuthorHouse, ISBN 978-1-4389-1998-0, page 47:
- Takin' good care not to topple into the depths o' this muddy ol' ooze, I gingered my way across the muddy path along the river's edge until I arrived at that big hat.
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