spicery
spicery noun: spices, in general.
Noun
spicery (countable and uncountable, plural spiceries)
- Spices, in general.
- A repository of spices.
- Then in the hall kitchen, two clerks of the kitchen, a clerk comptroller, a surveyor of the dresser, a clerk of the spicery; all which together kept also a continual mess in the hall; also, in his hall kitchen, he had of master cooks two; and of other cooks, labourers, and children of the kitchen...1815, Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale, London and Middlesex: or, An historical, commercial, & descriptive survey of the Metropolis of Great-Britain, page 370
- Did not cotton spin itself, beef grow, and groceries and spiceries come in from the East and the West, quite comfortably by the side of shams?1850, Thomas Carlyle, Latter-Day Pamphlets: The present time
spicery meaning in Kannada
spicery in Kannada
- ಮಸಾಲಾ, ಮಸಾಲೆ
Forms of spicery
| plural | spiceries |
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Origin of spicery
From Middle English spicerie, from Old French espicerie; equivalent to spice + -ery.
Questions about spicery
- What does spicery mean?
- Spicery means spices, in general.
- What is spicery in Kannada?
- Spicery in Kannada is ಮಸಾಲಾ, ಮಸಾಲೆ. See Spicery meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is spicery?
- Spicery is a noun.
- What is the plural of spicery?
- The plural of spicery is spiceries.
Words near spicery in the dictionary
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