From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Peppery \Pep"per*y\, adjective
1. Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of pepper; hot; pungent.
2. Fig.: Hot-tempered; passionate; choleric.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers; "gingery Chinese food"; "hot peppers"; "hot curry"; "corn chips with peppery salsa"; "spicy tomato sauce" [syn: {gingery}, {hot}, {spicy}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "peppery": alert, beany, brisk, burning, choleric, combustible, cranky, cross, curried, explosive, fiery, hasty, high-seasoned, high-spirited, hot, hot as pepper, hot-tempered, hotheaded, keen, lively, mettlesome, nippy, passionate, peppy, piquant, poignant, quick, quick-tempered, racy, ratty, seasoned, short-tempered, snappy, spiced, spicy, spunky, tangy, volcanic, with a kick, zestful, zesty, zippy
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