racy

Having a distinctive and characteristic quality or taste.

Strong and sharp in flavor or odor; piquant or pungent.

Risqué; ribald.

Vigorous; lively.

Having an agreeably peculiar flavor, of a kind that may be supposed to be imparted by the soil, as wine; peculiarly palatable.

Having a strong distinctive and agreeable quality of any kind; spirited; pungent; piquant; spicy: as, a racy style; a racy anecdote.

Pertaining to race or kind; racially distinctive or peculiar; of native origin or quality.

Synonyms and Racy, Spicy. These words agree in expressing a quality that is relished, physically or mentally. Literally, racy applies to the peculiar flavor which wines derive from the soil, and spicy to the flavor given to food, breezes, etc., by spice. Figuratively, that is racy which is agreeably fresh and distinctive in thought and expression; that is spicy which is agreeably pungent to the mind, producing a sensation comparable to that which spice produces in taste. Pointedness is essential to spiciness, and likely to be found in raciness.

Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.

Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.