Crossword clues for racier
racier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Racy \Ra"cy\ (r[=a]"s[y^]), a. [Compar. Racier (r[=a]"s[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Raciest.] [From Race a tribe, family.]
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Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.
The racy wine, Late from the mellowing cask restored to light.
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Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
Our raciest, most idiomatic popular words.
--M. Arnold.Burns's English, though not so racy as his Scotch, is generally correct.
--H. Coleridge.The rich and racy humor of a natural converser fresh from the plow.
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somewhat suggestive of sexual themes; slightly improper; risqu['e].
Syn: Spicy; spirited; lively; smart; piquant; risqu["u].
Usage: Racy, Spicy. Racy refers primarily to that peculiar flavor which certain wines are supposed to derive from the soil in which the grapes were grown; and hence we call a style or production racy when it ``smacks of the soil,'' or has an uncommon degree of natural freshness and distinctiveness of thought and language. Spicy, when applied to style, has reference to a spirit and pungency added by art, seasoning the matter like a condiment. It does not, like racy, suggest native peculiarity. A spicy article in a magazine; a spicy retort. Racy in conversation; a racy remark.
Rich, racy verses, in which we The soil from which they come, taste, smell, and see.
--Cowley.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: racy)
WordNet
adj. full of zest or vigor; "a racy literary style" [syn: lively]
suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip" [syn: blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, risque, spicy]
See racy
Usage examples of "racier".
Still, it must have been one of the racier stops on the tour back then.
As the carouse continued and the champagne did its work, the talk grew racier, and the anecdotes more outrageous.
He had fared better for a while at the Bar racier Club, until the year he stood as candidate for Secretary-Treasurer.
Word that I unquestionably am, and making a solemn vow not to preach about anything except the racier psalms when I established my next tabernacle.
It was not till the Spaniards borrowed the form of the novella and transplanted it to their racier soil that it began to bear character, and to fruit in the richness of their picaresque fiction.
It had been patterned after Politically Incorrect, but because Uproar was broadcast on cable, the show explored racier issues--and foul language was encouraged.
But on second thought, while she herself found the subject interesting, her readers were likely looking for subjects of a racier nature.
Second distinguished the meanings of the two words, the racier Third Edition listed them as synonyms.