pepperish en · ADJ
Etymology
From pepper + -ish.
Meanings
- Synonym of peppery (“resembling or characteristic of pepper, the spice”).
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Synonym of peppery (“having a fiery temperament”).
He lived out his life in that cabin, crusty and pepperish to the end, surviving into the Age of Ecology to the discomfiture of earnest young hikers whom he confronted in the back country, […]
2011, John Madson, Up on the River: People and Wildlife of the Upper Mississippi, page 221:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more pepperish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most pepperish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |