Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peppier

/ˈpɛpiə(ɹ)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: pep-pi-er
IPA: /ˈpɛpiə(ɹ)/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

comparative form of peppy: more peppy

noun

A waiter at a restaurant who offers to grind pepper onto customers' meals at the table.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"Actually my parents found something very interesting at one place .... they did a "take time off, travel north america" trip last year, and found this place ... name escaping me ... I think it was something like Hot Tossed Buns. Well, they walk in ... and sit down ... and not only were the portions amazing, they had two things. Instead of peppiers, they had people who walked around, with the side dishes of the day, offering you more and more, if you wanted more at any time, you got it."
"Shirley the pepper mills are whipped away by the peppier after use, so no danger there. But what about the candles?"
"Widdershins wrote: […] > 7. PEPPIER (peph ee ay') n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose > sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want > fresh ground pepper. Ah, Norway is still a peppier-free zone!"

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pepper

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

peppiers (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce peppier?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɛpiə(ɹ)/.
What does peppier mean?: comparative form of peppy: more peppy
Where does peppier come from?: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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