pepperyadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɛp(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈpɛp(ə)ri/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pepper n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < pepper n. + -y suffix¹. Compare Dutch peperig (in Middle Dutch as peperich ), German pfefferig , pfeffrig (1691 or earlier as †pfeffericht ), both earliest in sense 1b. Compare earlier peppered adj.

a. Of the nature of or resembling ground pepper; consisting of fine grains like pepper. Of a surface: grainy in appearance or texture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > speckling > speckled

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [adjective] > stippled

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1610 S. Argal Voy. in D. B. Quinn New Amer. World (1979) V. civ. 305/1 I heaved the lead..and had..a blacke peppery sand.

1709 W. Dampier Contin. Voy. New-Holland v. 182 Small Peppery Sand.

1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table ii. 36 Thy roses hinted by the peppery burin of Bartolozzi.

1965 I. Murdoch Red & Green i. 31 They dislodged a light dusting of bark which descended on to Andrew's blond head in a peppery rain.

2003 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 24 May (Real Estate section) 103 Ms Sharpe has selected interlocking wood slat floorings and peppery Italian tiles throughout.

b. Of or characteristic of the taste or effect of pepper; strongly flavoured with, or redolent of, pepper; pungent, biting, hot; inflaming, irritating.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > pungent

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the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [adjective] > resembling pepper

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piperitious1890

1684 in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1759) IV. 345 That spirit of wine burning with a flame, the flame caught in fit vessels would leave about half the quantity of a water almost insipid, but having a faint peppery taste in the throat.

1736 W. Douglass Pract. Hist. New Epidemical Eruptive Miliary Fever 17 Many of our Patients complain of a copperish taste or peppery smart in the Throat.

1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile I. 210 All these fishes have a peppery taste.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 170 It has a very bitter peppery taste.

1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt II. 293 [They] ordered our sherba, or soup, to be made more lemony and peppery than ever.

1900 Daily News 26 Oct. 3/2 You get a peppery feeling, a tickling, a dryness of the throat, an irritation of the mucous membrane.

1991 Martha Stewart Living Spring 62/4 Both leaves and petals [of nasturtiums] have a peppery taste, almost like that of watercress.

2. figurative.

a. Of a person: hot-tempered, irritable, testy; fiery. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [adjective] > irascible (of person)

hotOE

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1778 T. Twining Let. 28 July in Sel. Lett. (1991) I. 149 You are one of the most peppery, hot-headed, inflammable, combustible, comburstable, powder-mill fellows that ever lived.

1822 G. Colman Law of Java ii. iii. 48 How the friend fires up! a peppery little devil, I dare say.

1869 J. Muir Diary 57 A Douglas squirrel, peppery, pungent autocrat of the woods.

1918 W. M. Kirkland Joys of being Woman ix. 90 I have a peppery, passionate temper.

1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 21 Mar. 59/1 A peppery 35-year-old, and the holder of both a degree in economics from the Wharton School and a black belt in karate.

b. Of speech, writing, etc.: sharp, stinging, provocative, contentious.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > mordant

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1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 28 Feb. (1939) 116 Completed Malachi to-day. It is..in some places perhaps too peppery.

1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xvii. 221 Some good, strong, peppery doctrine.

1924 Glasgow Herald 22 Nov. 10 The peppery leaders of the ‘Morning Post’, the dull-witted leaders of ‘The Times’.

1986 B. Okri Incidents at Shrine (1987) 12 She always had such a peppery mouth. She went on abusing me.

2003 Indianapolis Star (Nexis) 25 May 5 b Appleton favored an appreciative but relentlessly chatty crowd with..several peppery opinions.

c. In extended use: strong, powerful; lively, spirited; (in negative contexts) unpleasant, objectionable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively and energetic

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the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant

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1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 189 This was a short round, but peppery.

1850 Times 27 Aug. 5/6 The audience..rested from uproariously appluding more peppery displays [of public speaking].

1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career ix. 71 Gertie, the boys, and myself had to perform our morning ablutions in a leaky tin dish on a stool outside the kitchen door, which on cold frosty mornings was a pretty peppery performance.

1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 128 ‘We even have to hire the tractor of the Hebrews at two pounds and a half per dunum.’ ‘A peppery price, by Mohammed.’

1958 Which? 1 ii. 25/1 The overhead-valve engine..is small in displacement, but peppery for its size.

1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. ii. 62 Lipsticks, cinemas, typists at dancehalls, peppery melodies; there was no going back.

3. Of the colour of ground pepper; greyish; speckled or flecked with grey. Cf. pepper-and-salt n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > greyish

grysandea1400

greyish1562

grizzlish1680

slaty1822

peppery1962

1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose xxxvi. 343 Her soft peppery hair..was cut short in a neat yet raffish style about her beaming countenance.

1982 Times 27 Feb. 7/7 Powdery snow had fallen during the night, giving the wilderness a peppery appearance.

2003 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 25 Mar. 5 b The black man with peppery hair, wire glasses and a bib apron.

Derivatives

ˈpepperily adv. in an irritable manner; testily.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [adverb]

exasperatedly1872

irritatedly1873

pepperily1898

1898 G. B. Shaw Arms & Man iii, in Plays Pleasant & Unpleasant II. 64 (stage direct.) Interrupting him pepperily.

1900 R. Broughton Foes in Law xxi. 305 The olive branch is..offered, accepted..or pepperily tossed back.

1956 F. Swinnerton Background with Chorus 119 Wells..lectured, pamphleteered, argued pepperily, and began to fill his novels..with opinions.

ˈpepperiness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > pungency > the quality of being peppery

pepperiness1841

the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > pepper > quality

pepperiness1841

1841 C. M. Kirkland in Gift for 1842 67 Her uncle's resentment..which..had been rendered serious by the pride of the young man and the pepperiness of the old one.

1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 191 (advt.) Shiitake Dried, their smoky pepperiness is potent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	peppery
释义	pepperyadj. Brit. /ˈpɛp(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈpɛp(ə)ri/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pepper n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < pepper n. + -y suffix¹. Compare Dutch peperig (in Middle Dutch as peperich ), German pfefferig , pfeffrig (1691 or earlier as †pfeffericht ), both earliest in sense 1b. Compare earlier peppered adj. 1. a. Of the nature of or resembling ground pepper; consisting of fine grains like pepper. Of a surface: grainy in appearance or texture. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > spot of colour > [adjective] > speckling > speckled freckledc1380 specked1382 specky1382 splecked1382 peckleda1400 speckleda1400 pleckedc1410 frecknyc1440 sparkled1480 spurtled1513 sprittleda1522 spreckled1535 speckle1536 pickled1552 spink1558 bespecked1565 spanged1582 spinked1588 spangled1590 dotted1601 bespeckled1607 peppery1610 peppered1694 fleckled1700 spankled1703 speckly1705 pounced1727 punctulateda1728 dotty1795 punctulate1845 naevose1847 peckly1859 polka-dotted1872 stippled1876 oatmeal1880 guttulate1887 naevous1890 stipply1892 thrush-breast1896 skittery1955 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > [adjective] > stippled peppery1610 dotted1784 stippled1811 stipple-engraved1936 1610 S. Argal Voy. in D. B. Quinn New Amer. World (1979) V. civ. 305/1 I heaved the lead..and had..a blacke peppery sand. 1709 W. Dampier Contin. Voy. New-Holland v. 182 Small Peppery Sand. 1860 O. W. Holmes Professor at Breakfast-table ii. 36 Thy roses hinted by the peppery burin of Bartolozzi. 1965 I. Murdoch Red & Green i. 31 They dislodged a light dusting of bark which descended on to Andrew's blond head in a peppery rain. 2003 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 24 May (Real Estate section) 103 Ms Sharpe has selected interlocking wood slat floorings and peppery Italian tiles throughout. b. Of or characteristic of the taste or effect of pepper; strongly flavoured with, or redolent of, pepper; pungent, biting, hot; inflaming, irritating. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [adjective] > pungent sharpc1000 hotc1175 poignantc1387 keen1398 angryc1400 eager?c1400 tartc1405 argutec1420 mordicative?a1425 mordificative?a1425 piperinea1425 pungitive?a1425 pikea1475 vehement1490 oversharpa1500 over-stronga1500 penetrating?1576 penetrative1578 quick1578 piercing1593 exalted1594 mordicant1603 acute1620 toothed1628 pungent1644 piquant1645 tartarous1655 mordacious1657 piperate1683 peppery1684 tartish1712 hyperoxide1816 snell1835 mordanta1845 shrill1864 piperitious1890 the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [adjective] > resembling pepper piperinea1425 peppery1684 piperitious1890 1684 in T. Birch Hist. Royal Soc. (1759) IV. 345 That spirit of wine burning with a flame, the flame caught in fit vessels would leave about half the quantity of a water almost insipid, but having a faint peppery taste in the throat. 1736 W. Douglass Pract. Hist. New Epidemical Eruptive Miliary Fever 17 Many of our Patients complain of a copperish taste or peppery smart in the Throat. 1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile I. 210 All these fishes have a peppery taste. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 170 It has a very bitter peppery taste. 1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt II. 293 [They] ordered our sherba, or soup, to be made more lemony and peppery than ever. 1900 Daily News 26 Oct. 3/2 You get a peppery feeling, a tickling, a dryness of the throat, an irritation of the mucous membrane. 1991 Martha Stewart Living Spring 62/4 Both leaves and petals [of nasturtiums] have a peppery taste, almost like that of watercress. 2. figurative. a. Of a person: hot-tempered, irritable, testy; fiery. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [adjective] > irascible (of person) hotOE wooda1250 hastivec1300 irous1303 hastya1350 angrya1387 melancholiousa1393 quicka1400 irefulc1400 melancholyc1450 turnec1480 iracundiousa1492 passionatea1500 fumish1523 irascible1530 wrothful1535 fierya1540 warm1547 choleric1556 hot at hand1558 waspish1566 incensive1570 bilious1571 splenative1593 hot-livered1599 short1599 spitfire1600 warm-tempered1605 temperless1614 sulphurous1616 angryable1662 huffy1680 hastish1749 peppery1778 quick-tempered1792 inflammable1800 hair-triggered1806 gingery1807 spunky1809 iracund1821 irascid1823 wrathy1828 frenzy1859 gunpowdery1868 gunpowderous1870 tempersome1875 exacerbescent1889 tempery1905 lightningy1906 temperish1925 short-fused1979 1778 T. Twining Let. 28 July in Sel. Lett. (1991) I. 149 You are one of the most peppery, hot-headed, inflammable, combustible, comburstable, powder-mill fellows that ever lived. 1822 G. Colman Law of Java ii. iii. 48 How the friend fires up! a peppery little devil, I dare say. 1869 J. Muir Diary 57 A Douglas squirrel, peppery, pungent autocrat of the woods. 1918 W. M. Kirkland Joys of being Woman ix. 90 I have a peppery, passionate temper. 1993 N.Y. Times Mag. 21 Mar. 59/1 A peppery 35-year-old, and the holder of both a degree in economics from the Wharton School and a black belt in karate. b. Of speech, writing, etc.: sharp, stinging, provocative, contentious. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > mordant smartc1330 unkeen?a1425 mordant1474 piquant1521 pugnant1537 quick1542 nippingc1547 nippy1575 cutting1582 yarking1593 stinging1600 pointed1617 pungent1619 toothed1628 aculeate1640 mordacious1648 aculeated1655 piperaceous1674 peppery1826 pointy1883 lashing1900 1826 W. Scott Jrnl. 28 Feb. (1939) 116 Completed Malachi to-day. It is..in some places perhaps too peppery. 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xvii. 221 Some good, strong, peppery doctrine. 1924 Glasgow Herald 22 Nov. 10 The peppery leaders of the ‘Morning Post’, the dull-witted leaders of ‘The Times’. 1986 B. Okri Incidents at Shrine (1987) 12 She always had such a peppery mouth. She went on abusing me. 2003 Indianapolis Star (Nexis) 25 May 5 b Appleton favored an appreciative but relentlessly chatty crowd with..several peppery opinions. c. In extended use: strong, powerful; lively, spirited; (in negative contexts) unpleasant, objectionable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively and energetic doing1591 mettled1599 spiritful1599 spirited1601 mettle1606 free-spirited1613 high-mettleda1626 spright1658 racy1671 mettlesome1673 dashing1796 peppery1829 spunky1831 fizzy1855 zippy1903 the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant loatha700 unsweetc890 grimlyc893 unquemeOE un-i-quemeOE evila1131 sourc1175 illc1220 unhightlyc1275 unwelcomec1325 unblithec1330 unnetc1330 unrekena1350 unagreeablec1374 uncouthc1380 unsavouryc1380 displeasantc1386 unlikinga1398 ungaina1400 crabbedc1400 unlovelyc1400 displeasing1401 eschewc1420 unsoot1420 mislikinga1425 unlikelya1425 unlustya1425 fastidiousc1425 unpleasantc1430 displicable1471 unthankfulc1475 displeasant1481 uneasy1483 unpleasinga1500 unfaring1513 badc1530 malpleasant?1533 noisome1542 thanklessa1547 ungrate1548 untoothsome1548 ungreeable1550 contrary1561 disagreeable1570 offensible1575 offensive1576 naughty1578 delightlessa1586 undelightful1585 unwisheda1586 unpleasurable1587 undelightsomec1595 dislikeful1596 disliking1596 ungrateful1596 unsweet?a1600 distastive1600 impleasing1602 distasting1603 distasteful1607 unsightly1608 undelectable1610 disgustful1611 unrelishing1611 waspisha1616 undeliciousa1618 unwished-for1617 disrelishing1631 unenjoyed1643 unjoyous1645 mirya1652 unwelcomed1651 unpleasivea1656 sweet1656 injucund1657 insuave1657 unpalatable1658 unhandsome1660 undesirable1667 disrelishablea1670 uncouthsome1684 shocking1703 nasty1705 embittering1746 indelectable1751 undelightinga1774 nice and ——1796 unenjoyablea1797 ungenial1796 uncomplacent1805 ungracious1807 bitter1810 rotten1813 uncongenial1813 quarrelsome1825 grimy1833 nice1836 unrelished1863 bloody1867 unbewitching1876 ferocious1877 displeasurable1879 rebarbative1892 charming1893 crook1898 naar1900 peppery1901 negative1902 poisonous1906 off-putting1935 unsympathetic1937 piggy1942 funky1946 umpty1948 pooey1967 minging1970 Scrooge-like1976 sucky1984 stank1991 stanky1991 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 189 This was a short round, but peppery. 1850 Times 27 Aug. 5/6 The audience..rested from uproariously appluding more peppery displays [of public speaking]. 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career ix. 71 Gertie, the boys, and myself had to perform our morning ablutions in a leaky tin dish on a stool outside the kitchen door, which on cold frosty mornings was a pretty peppery performance. 1946 A. Koestler Thieves in Night 128 ‘We even have to hire the tractor of the Hebrews at two pounds and a half per dunum.’ ‘A peppery price, by Mohammed.’ 1958 Which? 1 ii. 25/1 The overhead-valve engine..is small in displacement, but peppery for its size. 1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. ii. 62 Lipsticks, cinemas, typists at dancehalls, peppery melodies; there was no going back. 3. Of the colour of ground pepper; greyish; speckled or flecked with grey. Cf. pepper-and-salt n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > grey or greyness > [adjective] > greyish grysandea1400 greyish1562 grizzlish1680 slaty1822 peppery1962 1962 I. Murdoch Unofficial Rose xxxvi. 343 Her soft peppery hair..was cut short in a neat yet raffish style about her beaming countenance. 1982 Times 27 Feb. 7/7 Powdery snow had fallen during the night, giving the wilderness a peppery appearance. 2003 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 25 Mar. 5 b The black man with peppery hair, wire glasses and a bib apron. Derivatives ˈpepperily adv. in an irritable manner; testily. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [adverb] exasperatedly1872 irritatedly1873 pepperily1898 1898 G. B. Shaw Arms & Man iii, in Plays Pleasant & Unpleasant II. 64 (stage direct.) Interrupting him pepperily. 1900 R. Broughton Foes in Law xxi. 305 The olive branch is..offered, accepted..or pepperily tossed back. 1956 F. Swinnerton Background with Chorus 119 Wells..lectured, pamphleteered, argued pepperily, and began to fill his novels..with opinions. ˈpepperiness n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > pungency > the quality of being peppery pepperiness1841 the world > food and drink > food > additive > spice > [noun] > pepper > quality pepperiness1841 1841 C. M. Kirkland in Gift for 1842 67 Her uncle's resentment..which..had been rendered serious by the pride of the young man and the pepperiness of the old one. 1992 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 191 (advt.) Shiitake Dried, their smoky pepperiness is potent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1610
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