spicemonger

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noun

One who trades or deals in spice.

OriginEnglish monger ← Middle English spice ← Anglo-Norman spece →
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Meanings

nounspicemonger (plural spicemongers)

plural spicemongers

  1. One who trades or deals in spice.

Origin

  1. Latinspeciō
  2. Late Latinspeciēs
  3. Old Frenchespice
  4. Anglo-Normanspece
  5. Middle Englishspice
  6. Englishspice
  7. Englishmonger
  8. Englishspicemonger

From spice + monger.

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Cite this entry
APA

spicemonger. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spicemonger

MLA

“spicemonger.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spicemonger. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spicemonger,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spicemonger.

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