Толковый словарь английского языка - ginger
Ginger
ginger
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration of Old English gingifer, from Medieval Latin gingiber, alteration of Latin zingiber, from Greek zingiberi, of Indo-Aryan origin; akin to Pali siṅgivēra ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a. a thickened pungent aromatic rhizome that is used as a spice and sometimes medicinally, the spice usually prepared by drying and grinding ~, any of a genus (Zingiber of the family Zingiberaceae, the ~ family) of herbs with pungent aromatic rhizomes, pep , a light reddish or reddish-brown color , ~y adjective II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1849 to make lively ; pep up
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n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a a hot spicy root usu. powdered for use in cooking, or preserved in syrup, or candied. b the plant, Zingiber officinale, of SE Asia, having this root. 2 a light reddish-yellow colour. 3 spirit, mettle. 4 stimulation. --adj. of a ginger colour. --v.tr. 1 flavour with ginger. 2 (foll. by up) rouse or enliven. Phrases and idioms black ginger unscraped ginger. ginger ale an effervescent non-alcoholic clear drink flavoured with ginger extract. ginger beer an effervescent mildly alcoholic cloudy drink, made by fermenting a mixture of ginger and syrup. ginger group Brit. a group within a party or movement that presses for stronger or more radical policy or action. ginger-nut a ginger-flavoured biscuit. ginger-pop colloq. = ginger ale. ginger-snap a thin brittle biscuit flavoured with ginger. ginger wine a drink of fermented sugar, water, and bruised ginger. Derivatives gingery adj. Etymology: ME f. OE gingiber & OF gingi(m)bre, both f. med.L gingiber ult. f. Skr. srngaveram f. srngam horn + -vera body, with ref. to the antler-shape of the root ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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