Dictionary

cayenne en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kaɪˈɛn/
• /keɪˈɛn/
• /ˈkeɪ.ɛn/
• /ˈkaɪ.æn/
• /ˈkaɪ.ɛn/
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Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of cayenne pepper.
   alt of cayenne pepper
   • His barbecue sauce could use a hint of cayenne to heat it up a bit.
   • What's the difference between a cayenne and a jalapeno?
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Spice or verve.
   • We speak ill of our neighbours, not from ill-nature, but idleness; satire is only the cayenne of conversation:... 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 316:
3. (countable, uncountable) A strong red-orange colour, like the cayenne pepper.

Forms

Coordinates

jalapeño

Deriveds

cayenned