"peppery" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɛpəɹi/ [US] Forms: pepperier [comparative], pepperiest [superlative]
Etymology: pepper + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pepper|y}} pepper + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} peppery (comparative pepperier, superlative pepperiest)
  1. Resembling or characteristic of pepper, especially in having a spicy taste. Categories (topical): Taste
    Sense id: en-peppery-en-adj-RfSEGLu~ Disambiguation of Taste: 84 16
  2. (figuratively) Having a fiery temperament. Tags: figuratively Translations (having a fiery temperament): избухлив (izbuhliv) (Bulgarian), jähzornig (German), вспы́льчивый (vspýlʹčivyj) [masculine] (Russian), irascible (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-peppery-en-adj-xwfTRFUs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 20 80 Disambiguation of 'having a fiery temperament': 6 94

Inflected forms

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