swicy

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/ˈswaɪsi/

adjective

Simultaneously sweet and spicy.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveswicy (comparative swicier, superlative swiciest)

comparative swicier · superlative swiciest

  1. informalSimultaneously sweet and spicy.

    Starting today through September 30, guests can wow their taste buds with the "swiciest" sensation of the season, the Nashville-Style Hot Honey Pizza.

    2024 August 21, Liz Parker Kuhn, “California Pizza Kitchen, Mike's Hot Honey drop 'swicy' new pizza”, in Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2024
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    America is already enjoying a swicier summer thanks to new PLANTERS® Sweet & Spicy Dry Roasted Peanuts - but swicy doesn't have to end with snacktime.

    2022 August 10, “The Makers of PLANTERS® Peanuts Team Up With Oliver Tree To Give Fans a Sweet & Spicy Mullet Makeover”, in Hormel Foods, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2025

    “I think we are going to see a lot more of this,” said Lyons Wyatt. “There is a push now and we do see both unit and dollar growth of spicy and swicy products.”

    2024 June 2, Parija Kavilanz, “‘Swicy’ is the hottest trend in food right now”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2024

    The world’s foremost almond brand is teaming up with the swiciest hot honey-maker around. Blue Diamond Almonds and Mike’s Hot Honey have Voltron’d to form Hot Honey Almonds, a marriage made in snack heaven.

    2025 March 5, Ayomari, “Blue Diamond Almonds Gets Swicy With Mike’s Hot Honey”, in Foodbeast, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2025

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sweh₂d-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swéh₂dus
  3. Proto-Germanic*swōtuz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*swōtī
  5. Old Englishswēte
  6. Middle Englishswete
  7. Englishsweet
  8. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*spekjō
  11. Latinspeciō
  12. Late Latinspeciēs
  13. Old Frenchespice
  14. Anglo-Normanspece
  15. Middle Englishspice
  16. Englishspic(e)
  17. Englishspicy
  18. Englishswicy

Blend of sweet + spicy.

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Cite this entry
APA

swicy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swicy

MLA

“swicy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swicy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “swicy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/swicy.

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