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pepperiness

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pep⋅per⋅y

  [pep-uh-ree]
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–adjective
1. full of or tasting like pepper; hot; pungent.
2. of, pertaining to, or resembling pepper.
3. sharp or stinging: a peppery speech.
4. easily angered; bad-tempered; irritable; irascible: the peppery leader of a political faction.
Origin:
1690–1700; pepper + -y 1

Related forms:
pep⋅per⋅i⋅ly, adverb
pep⋅per⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. spicy. 3. biting. 4. hot-tempered, hot-headed, testy, choleric.
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pep·per·y   (pěp'ə-rē)   
adj.  

  1. Of, containing, or resembling pepper; sharp or pungent in flavor.

  2. Vigorously sharp-tempered: a peppery sales clerk.

  3. Sharp and stinging in style or content; vivid or fiery: peppery criticism.

pep'per·i·ness n.
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