spicery
Americannoun
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spices collectively
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the piquant or fragrant quality associated with spices
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obsolete a place to store spices
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of spicery
1250–1300; Middle English spicerie < Old French espicerie. See spice, -ery
Example Sentences
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One day there came to Rome some merchants from Syria, with shiploads of cloths of gold, and satins rich in hue, and all kinds of spicery, which they would sell in the Roman markets.
From The Children's Portion by Shoppell, Robert W.
To that land go the merchants for spicery.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
O! the world is wide, you lily flowers, It hath warm forests, cleft by stilly pools, Where every night bathe crowds of stars; and bowers Of spicery hang over.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Ingelow, Jean
Into the chill shadow of this problem plunged Miss Patty, bringing through the room the penetrating spicery of an apron full of pinks, which she was sorting and tying in star-shaped clusters.
From At the Mercy of Tiberius by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
And as it is difficult to ascertain with precision the small articles of spicery; every one may relish as they like, and suit their taste.
From American Cookery The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables by Simmons, Amelia
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