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pep⋅per⋅o⋅ni

  [pep-uh-roh-nee]
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–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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pep·per·o·ni   (pěp'ə-rō'nē)   
n.   pl. pep·per·o·nis

  1. A highly spiced pork and beef sausage.

  2. A slice of this type of sausage.


[Italian peperoni, pl. of peperone, pimento, red pepper, augmentative of pepe, pepper, from Latin piper; see pepper.]
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pepperoni 
"beef and pork sausage seasoned with pepper," 1934, Amer.Eng., from Italian.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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