ricey
/ˈɹaɪsi/
ricey adjective: containing rice.
Adjective
ricey (comparative more ricey, superlative most ricey)
- Containing rice.
- Nor may the fleeteſt hawk, untired, explore / Where end the ricey groves that crown the ſhore.1776, Luis de Camoëns, translated by William Julius Mickle, The Lusiad; or, The Discovery of India. An Epic Poem., Oxford: Jackson and Lister, page 463
- We have first the exhaustive condition; this may be through the person living on bad food—too much ricey food and too little animal;[…].1863, B. W. Richardson, “A Course of Six Lectures on Diseased Conditions of the Mouth and Teeth in Various Constitutional Diseases, Delivered at the College of Dentists of England (Session 1861—62)”...
- Resembling or characteristic of rice.
- After some time they diminish in quantity, and present, in addition to the watery and ricey portions, some mucus, which still later becomes sanguineous, but is still accompanied by ricey and watery portions.1854, B[enjamin] F[ranklin] Joslin, “Symptoms and Treatment of the Varieties of Cholera”, in Homœopathic Treatment of Epidemic Cholera, 3rd edition, New York, N.Y.: William Radde, page 124
- It is yellow, brittle, dry and ricey and not of a particularly pleasing appearance.1920, Edward Bradfield, Wheat and the Flour Mill: A Handbook for Practical Flour Millers, page 9
Examples of ricey in a sentence
- You can’t always be desiring some familiar, ricey food, because you’ll be anxious and alienated.[…]”1997, Edward Herbst, Voices in Bali: Energies and Perceptions in Vocal Music and Dance Theater, Wesleyan University Press, →ISBN, page 17:
- Ricey pancake / This is a useful reworking of the egg-rice partnership, for when you have less rice but plenty of eggs.2015, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Love Your Leftovers: Recipes for the Resourceful Cook (River Cottage), London: Bloomsbury Publishing...
- He walked on the road, enjoyed a ricey meal at the commune, and helped Carol finance three trips to craft fairs, where she sold some window hangings and medallions.2016, Edward Hoagland, In the Country of the Blind, Arcade Publishing, →ISBN:
- The immature fruit collected from the desert plots in September, before the regular collecting season began, was somewhat ricey in texture, rather hard, and lacking in juice.1955 November, G[eorge] L[eonard] Rygg, M[illard] R. Getty, Seasonal Changes in Arizona and California Grapefruit (Technical Bulletin No....
Forms of ricey
| comparative | more ricey |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ricey |
| alternative form | ricy |
Origin of ricey
From rice + -y.
Words that rhyme with ricey
Questions about ricey
- What does ricey mean?
- Ricey means containing rice.
- How do you use ricey in a sentence?
- You can’t always be desiring some familiar, ricey food, because you’ll be anxious and alienated.[…]”
- What part of speech is ricey?
- Ricey is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ricey?
- Ricey is pronounced /ˈɹaɪsi/.
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