peppery

[ pep-uh-ree ]
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adjective
  1. full of or tasting like pepper; hot; pungent.

  2. of, relating to, or resembling pepper.

  1. sharp or stinging: a peppery speech.

  2. easily angered; bad-tempered; irritable; irascible: the peppery leader of a political faction.

Origin of peppery

1
First recorded in 1690–1700; pepper + -y1

Other words for peppery

Other words from peppery

  • pep·per·i·ly, adverb
  • pep·per·i·ness, noun
  • un·pep·per·y, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for peppery

peppery

/ (ˈpɛpərɪ) /


adjective
  1. flavoured with or tasting of pepper

  2. quick-tempered; irritable

  1. full of bite and sharpness: a peppery speech

Derived forms of peppery

  • pepperiness, noun

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