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Definition

A liking for foods that are spicy.

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Origins

By analogy with sweet tooth.

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In Context

  • "A week of fact-checking the story proved too much for my spicy tooth; I made immediate plans to visit Chang's latest restaurant"
  • "I not only have a sweet tooth, but I have a salty tooth, a sour tooth, a spicy tooth, you name the taste and I have the damned tooth for it!"
  • "I will admit, I have a huge sweet tooth (probably larger than my spicy tooth), but I do have a limit as to how sweet I like my desserts."