Somewhat reddish or reddish-brown in colour (especially of hair or skin colouring).
- gingery hair / freckles; the gingery fur of a fox
Having reddish-brown hair. (of a person)
Having a flavour or aroma of the spice ginger; containing that spice.
- a gingery broth / stir-fry
(dated) Energetic, vigorous, lively, peppy, zippy.
- 1912, P. R. Bennett, “Patience on a Throne” in Ducdame: A Book of Verses, London: Elliot Stock, p. 44,
The man who reads his history of any clime or age
Finds characters of potentates disfiguring each page,
So touchy and so gingery
That every little injury
Will send them flying off into a rage.
(US, dated) Ginger, inhibited, cautious.