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===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|/ˈpɛpəɹi/|lang=en}}
* {{a|US}} {{IPA|en|/ˈpɛpəɹi/}}


===Adjective===
===Adjective===

Revision as of 15:22, 14 October 2019

English

Etymology

pepper +‎ -y

Pronunciation

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Adjective

peppery (comparative pepperier, superlative pepperiest)

  1. Having the taste of pepper.
  2. Having a fiery temperament.
    a peppery old Army major
    • 1868, Anthony Trollope, He Knew He Was Right XIV:
      At the Stag and Antlers old Mrs Crocket, than whom no old woman in the public line was ever more generous, more peppery, or more kind, kept two clean bed-rooms, and could cook a leg of Dartmoor mutton and make an apple pie against any woman in Devonshire.
    • 1884, Princess Ida, by Gilbert & Sullivan
      For I'm a peppery potentate, / Who's little inclined his claim to bate, / To fit the wit of a bit of a chit, / And that's the long and short of it!

Translations

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