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peperoni

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pep⋅er⋅o⋅ni

[pep-uh-roh-nee]
–noun
pepperoni.

pep⋅per⋅o⋅ni

[pep-uh-roh-nee]
–noun
a highly seasoned, hard sausage of beef and pork.
Also, peperoni.


Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; < It peperoni, pl. of peperone cayenne pepper plant, aug. of pepe pepper
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pepperoni 
"beef and pork sausage seasoned with pepper," 1934, Amer.Eng., from Italian.
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