peppery
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈpɛpəɹi/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English pepper English -y English peppery From pepper + -y.
- Resembling or characteristic of pepper, especially in having a spicy taste.
- Having a fiery temperament.
“a peppery old Army major”
“At the Stag and Antlers old Mrs. Crocket, than whom no old woman in the public line was ever more generous, more peppery, or more kind, kept two clean bedrooms, and could cook a leg of Dartmoor mutton and make an apple pie against any woman in Devonshire.”