/ˈd͡ʒuːsi/
OriginFrom Middle English jousy, jowsy (“drunken”, literally “full of juice (liquor)”). By surface analysis, juic(e) + -y.
- Having lots of juice.
“a juicy peach”
“a juicy pot roast”
- figuratively, usuallyExciting; titillating.
“Near-synonyms: saucy, spicy”
“I do not keep up with all the latest juicy rumors.”
“I like getting my teeth into a nice juicy problem.”
- slangVoluptuous, curvy, thick; sexy in those ways.
- uncommon, usuallyStrong; thus, also painful.
““Your head feels funny, doesn't it?”
“It does rather,” I said, the bump I had given it had been a juicy one, and the temples were throbbing.”
“Years ago, when striplings, he and I had done a stretch together at Malvern House, Bramley-on-Sea, the preparatory school conducted by that prince of stinkers, Aubrey Upjohn MA, and had frequently sto”
Formsjuicier(comparative) · juiciest(superlative) · juicey(alternative, rare)