peppercorny
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Mr. Pumblechook's premises in the High-street of the market town, were of a peppercorny and farinaceous character, as the premises of a corn-chandler and seedsman should be."
- "If the clove-like sweetness of this dried berry seems familiar, that's because it's allspice—albeit more dusty and peppercorny than what you get in the States."
Etymology
From peppercorn + -y.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more peppercorny (comparative)
most peppercorny (superlative)