Pepperiness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being peppery. uncountable

    "The rotundone content and perceived pepperiness were generally higher in 2002 than in 2003, and consistently higher in some vineyards compared with others."

  2. 2
    a hot spiciness wordnet

Example

More examples

"The rotundone content and perceived pepperiness were generally higher in 2002 than in 2003, and consistently higher in some vineyards compared with others."

Etymology

From peppery + -ness.

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