gingeryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

gingery (comparative more gingery, superlative most gingery)

1. Somewhat reddish or reddish-brown in colour (especially of hair または skin colouring).

   gingery hair / freckles; the gingery fur of a fox

   • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, “chapter 19”, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, OCLC 999756093:

     The very learned gentleman […] has cooled the natural heat of his gingery complexion in pools and fountains of law […]

   • 1898, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Club-Footed Grocer” in Round the Fire Stories, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1908, p. 212,^[1]

     He was a small, thick man, with a great rounded, bald head and one thin border of gingery curls.

   • 1972, Norma Klein, Mom, the Wolf Man and Me, New York: Avon, Chapter 7, p. 75,^[2]

     He had bright red hair, not just gingery like Andrew’s […]

2. (of a person) Having reddish-brown hair.
   • 1899, Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness, Chapter 2,^[3]

     The red-haired pilgrim was beside himself with the thought that at least this poor Kurtz had been properly revenged. […] He positively danced, the bloodthirsty little gingery beggar.

3. Having a flavour or aroma of the spice ginger; containing that spice.

   a gingery broth / stir-fry