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peppercorny

peppercorny adjective: resembling or full of peppercorns.

Adjective

peppercorny (comparative more peppercorny, superlative most peppercorny)

  1. Resembling or full of peppercorns.
    • Mr. Pumblechook's premises in the High-street of the market town, were of a peppercorny and farinaceous character, as the premises of a corn-chandler and seedsman should be.1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
    • If the clove-like sweetness of this dried berry seems familiar, that's because it's allspice—albeit more dusty and peppercorny than what you get in the States.2013, Eric Werner, Mya Henry, Hartwood: Bright, Wild Flavors from the Edge of the Yucatán, page 48

Forms of peppercorny

comparativemore peppercorny
superlativemost peppercorny

Origin of peppercorny

From peppercorn + -y.

Questions about peppercorny

What does peppercorny mean?
Peppercorny means resembling or full of peppercorns.
What part of speech is peppercorny?
Peppercorny is an adjective.

Words near peppercorny in the dictionary

  1. peppercorn hair
  2. peppercorn hairs
  3. peppercorn rent
  4. peppercorn rents
  5. peppercorns
  6. peppercorny
  7. peppercress
  8. peppered
  9. peppered moth
  10. peppered moths
  11. peppered up

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