gingersome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ginger +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

gingersome (comparative more gingersome, superlative most gingersome)

  1. Characterised or marked by gingerness; careful; sensitive; delicate
    • 1912, Daniel D. Bidwell, As Far as the East is from the West:
      The fifty little brown musicians rendered difficult selections with marvelous accuracy and gingersome dash and artistic enjoyment of the work.
    • 2009, From Scotland to Siberia: Meltdown:
      All this has changed though, making walking and driving a bit more of a gingersome exercise, though fortunately there were ice-free patches in between.