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Definition of Peppery
1. Adjective. Having the piquant burning taste of peppers. "Corn chips with peppery salsa"
Definition of Peppery
1. a. Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent.
Definition of Peppery
1. Adjective. Having the taste of pepper. ¹
2. Adjective. Having a fiery temperament. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peppery
1. resembling pepper [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peppery
Literary usage of Peppery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The seeds are aromatic, and somewhat peppery. Those of N. saliva species common
in cornfields in Southern Europe, are supposed to be the ..."
2. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1905)
"Thresh (1884) announced the discovery of tha active constituent as a viscid,
pale-yellow fluid, without odor, but having a pungent taste, not so peppery, ..."
3. The Mushroom Book: A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of Our by Nina Lovering Marshall (1901)
"The spores are white or yellow. The juice exuded may be white or orange or blue.
peppery Lactarius (Edible) Lactarius piperatus Cap or Pileus—Creamy ..."
4. English-Kikuyu Vocabulary by Arthur Wallace McGregor (1904)
"peppery, adj. Peradventure, adv. Perceive, to . Perception, n. Perdition, n.
Perfect, adj. Perforate, to Perform, to . Perfume, n. Perhaps, adv. Peril, n. ..."
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