n. 1 a hot spicy root usu. powdered for use in cooking or preserved in syrup, or candied. t plant having this root. 2 light reddish yellow. 3 spirit, mettle. adj. of a ginger colour. v. 1 flavour with ginger. 2 (foil by up) enliven. o gingery adj. [01c English and French, ultimately fron Sanskrit]
