peppered
English
editAdjective
editpeppered (comparative more peppered, superlative most peppered)
- Seasoned with pepper.
- 2001, Clifford A. Wright, Mediterranean Vegetables: A Cook's ABC of Vegetables and their Preparation, page 168:
- This heavily peppered soup was traditionally prepared to celebrate the rite of marriage in Languedoc.
- Speckled.
- Coordinate term: riddled
- 2006, Luke Eric Lassiter, Invitation to Anthropology, 2nd edition, page 8:
- Prior to 1900, within the population of peppered moths the vast majority were lightly peppered; but a very few were heavily peppered in their pigmentation.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editspeckled — see speckled
Verb
editpeppered
- simple past and past participle of pepper