pepperish

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pep⋅per

[pep-er]

–noun

1.	a pungent condiment obtained from various plants of the genus Piper, esp. from the dried berries, used whole or ground, of the tropical climbing shrub P. nigrum.

2.	any plant of the genus Piper. Compare pepper family.

3.	any of several plants of the genus Capsicum, esp. C. annuum, cultivated in many varieties, or C. frutescens.

4.	the usually green or red fruit of any of these plants, ranging from mild to very pungent in flavor.

5.	the pungent seeds of several varieties of C. annuum or C. frutescens, used ground or whole as a condiment.

6.	Baseball. pepper game.

–verb (used with object)

7.	to season with or as if with pepper.

8.	to sprinkle or cover, as if with pepper; dot.

9.	to sprinkle like pepper.

10.	to hit with rapidly repeated short jabs.

11.	to pelt with or as if with shot or missiles: They peppered the speaker with hard questions.

12.	to discharge (shot or missiles) at something.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME peper, piper, OE pipor (> ON pipari, piparr) < L piper < Gk péperi; cf. OFris piper, D peper, OHG pfeffar (G Pfeffer); these and OE pipor perh. < a common WGmc borrowing < L

Related forms:

pep⋅per⋅er, noun

pep⋅per⋅ish, adjective

pep⋅per⋅ish⋅ly, adverb

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Word Origin & History

pepper

O.E. pipor, from an early W.Gmc. borrowing of L. piper, from Gk. piperi, probably (via Persian) from Middle Indic pippari, from Skt. pippali "long pepper." The L. word is the source of Ger. Pfeffer, It. pepe, Fr. poivre, O.C.S. pipru, Lith. pipiras, O.Ir. piobhar, Welsh pybyr, etc. Application to fruits of the capsicum family (unrelated, originally native of tropical America) is 16c. The verb meaning "to sprinkle as with pepper" is from 1612. Peppermint is first attested 1696.

Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: pep·per
Pronunciation: 'pep-&r
Function: noun
1 : either of two pungent products from the fruit of an East Indian plant thatare used as a condiment, carminative, or stimulant: a : BLACK PEPPER b : WHITE PEPPER
2 : a woody vine of the genus Piper (P. nigrum) with ovate leaves and spicateflowers that is widely cultivated in the tropics for its red berries from which black pepper and white pepper are prepared
3 :

CAPSICUM 2

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