Pepperish

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of peppery (“resembling or characteristic of pepper, the spice”).
  2. 2
    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, […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms
peppery

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"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, […]"

Etymology

From pepper + -ish.

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