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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pepper-and-salt en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (figuratively, uncommon) Of a feeling, intense, spirited, or vigorous.
  2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of salt-and-pepper.
    • She paused on the cleanest of steps; a lad in pepper-and-salt livery opened the door; and she entered the hall and an atmosphere of most savoury soup, where she seemed likely to remain... 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 127:

Forms

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most pepper-and-salt Degree=Sup lexicographic
more pepper-and-salt Degree=Cmp lexicographic