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pepperiness

pepperiness noun: the quality of being peppery.

Noun

pepperiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being peppery.
    • The rotundone content and perceived pepperiness were generally higher in 2002 than in 2003, and consistently higher in some vineyards compared with others.2008 June 4, Harold Mcgee, “What’s the Peppery Note in Those Shirazes?”, in New York Times

Origin of pepperiness

From peppery + -ness.

Questions about pepperiness

What does pepperiness mean?
Pepperiness means the quality of being peppery.
What part of speech is pepperiness?
Pepperiness is a noun.

Words near pepperiness in the dictionary

  1. Pepperidge Farm remembers
  2. pepperidges
  3. pepperier
  4. pepperiest
  5. pepperily
  6. pepperiness
  7. peppering
  8. peppering up
  9. pepperings
  10. pepperish
  11. pepperishly

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