Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

monk's pepper

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: monk's pep-per
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The chaste tree.

noun

The fruit or another medicinal product of this tree; chasteberry

Etymology

From the cultural notion that monks needed to be chaste, and so (at least, as imagined by users of this word) they may have consumed parts of it as an aid to maintain chastity.

Questions

What does monk's pepper mean?: The chaste tree.
Where does monk's pepper come from?: From the cultural notion that monks needed to be chaste, and so (at least, as imagined by users of this word) they may have consumed parts of it as an aid to maintain chastity.

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