gingerous

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/ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒəɹəs/

adjective

Of a ginger or reddish colour.

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English ginger ← Middle English gingere →
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Meanings

adjectivegingerous (comparative more gingerous, superlative most gingerous)

comparative more gingerous · superlative most gingerous

  1. Of a ginger or reddish colour.

    Mrs. Lammle opens her nostrils and bites her under-lip; Mr. Lammle takes his gingerous whiskers in his left hand, and bringing them together, frowns furtively at his beloved, out of a thick gingerous bush.

    1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Proto-Dravidian*wēr
  2. Sauraseni Prakrit𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)
  3. Ancient Greekζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)
  4. Latinzingiberi
  5. Late Latingingiber
  6. Proto-West Germanic*gingiberō
  7. Old Englishgingifer
  8. Old Frenchgingembreinflu.
  9. Middle Englishgingivere
  10. Middle Englishgingere
  11. Englishginger
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  14. Englishgingerous

From ginger + -ous.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

niggerous
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APA

gingerous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gingerous

MLA

“gingerous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gingerous. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gingerous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gingerous.

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