Crossword clues for raciest
raciest
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-superlative 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]
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Usage examples of "raciest".
Look up that raciest of commentators, and see what he there says about the deliberate tears of the captives in Babylon.
It was a potation, indeed, that might well make the heart of a toper leap within him, being composed of the richest and raciest wines, highly spiced and sweetened, with roasted apples bobbing about the surface.
But the raciest I found was a Nevada Barr mystery, with a bookmark ninety percent of the way through.
Gracie had promised that he would lead her on, that she should justify his description and prove the raciest of her class.
But the brightest, raciest, wittiest, liveliest, spunkiest of all the youths was Daniel Sargent Curtis, one of the race of that name so well known in Boston for excellence in various departments.