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Synonyms for ginger

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jin-jer
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɪn dʒər

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Définition of ginger

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old English gingifer, from Medieval Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberi, from Greek zingiberis, from Prakrit (Middle Indic) singabera, from Sanskrit srngaveram, from srngam "horn" + vera- "body," so called from the shape of its root. But this may be Sanskrit folk etymology, and the word may be from an ancient Dravidian name that also produced the Malayalam name for the spice, inchi-ver, from inchi "root." Cf. gin (v.). The word apparently was readopted in Middle English from Old French gingibre (Modern French gingembre). Meaning "spirit, spunk, temper" is from 1843, American English. Ginger-ale recorded by 1822; ginger-snap as a type of cookie is from 1855, American English.
  • noun spirit
Example sentences :
  • Then, having poured it from the ginger, boil the syrup over again.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • If you put the syrup hot to the ginger at first, it will shrink and shrivel.
  • Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
  • They sprinkled him with ginger, but it took a long time before he woke from his coma.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • The ginger must be steeped over-night, that you may be able to cut it.
  • Extract from : « The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; » by Charlotte Campbell Bury
  • Repeat this wiping every day, rub a mixture of pepper and ginger on the inside, and put a large piece of charcoal into it.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • And that jar of ginger spared her any more attacks of cholic!
  • Extract from : « Captain Brand of the "Centipede" » by H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise
  • Incorporate these ingredients by pounding them together in a mortar; and if approved, add a quarter of an ounce of ginger.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • They led him to the kitchen, where Thankful prepared the ginger tea.
  • Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • He declined the ginger tea, and, after removing his boots, went upstairs to his room.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • At the turn of the road by the "Ginger," somebody passed them running.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

Antonyms for ginger

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