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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

peppered en · ADJ

Meanings

  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:

Forms

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most peppered Degree=Sup lexicographic
more peppered Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Coordinates

riddled

Deriveds

unpeppered · peppered moth

Translations (2)

la piperātus (seasoned with pepper) · el πιπεράτος (seasoned with pepper)

peppered en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of pepper
    form of pepper