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racy(1) (iou)



racy adjective1. M17.
[from RACE noun3 + -Y1.]
a. Of a wine, fruit, flavour, etc.: having a characteristic (usu. desirable) quality, esp. in a high degree. M17.
b. Having a distinctive character reflecting origin or breeding. M17.
racy of the soil characteristic of a certain country or people.
C. Bront? Yorkshire has families..peculiar, racy. Century Magazine The Gordon setter..should have a..racy front.
Vigorous, spirited, lively; spec. (of speech, writing, etc.) vivid, piquant, uninhibited, risque. M17.
J. Hollingshead The power of racy narrative. Princeton Alumni Weekly Slang..seeks a racy synonym for the normal.