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peppered

peppered adjective: seasoned with pepper. Also the simple past and past participle of pepper.

Adjective

peppered (comparative more peppered, superlative most peppered)

  1. Seasoned with pepper.
    • This heavily peppered soup was traditionally prepared to celebrate the rite of marriage in Languedoc.2001, Clifford A. Wright, Mediterranean Vegetables: A Cook's ABC of Vegetables and their Preparation, page 168
  2. Speckled.
    • Prior to 1900, within the population of peppered moths the vast majority were lightly peppered; but a very few were heavily peppered in their pigmentation.2006, Luke Eric Lassiter, Invitation to Anthropology, 2nd edition, page 8

Also used as

peppered is also the simple past and past participle of pepper.

Forms of peppered

comparativemore peppered
superlativemost peppered

Words formed from peppered

Phrases with peppered

Questions about peppered

What does peppered mean?
Peppered means seasoned with pepper.
What part of speech is peppered?
Peppered is an adjective.

Words near peppered in the dictionary

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

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