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peppercorn

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18
Words With Friends
23
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈpɛpəkɔːn/ (UK)
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/ˈpɛpəkɔːn/ (UK) · /ˈpɛpɚkɔɹn/

Definition of peppercorn

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The seeds of the pepper plant Piper nigrum, commonly used as a spice, usually ground or crushed.
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noun

  1. The seeds of the pepper plant Piper nigrum, commonly used as a spice, usually ground or crushed.
  2. A small, insignificant quantity; a whit or jot.
    “A 75 ¢ book must look 40 ¢ better to the distributor and wholesaler, because if one peppercorn of doubt that people will pay 75 ¢ for the book gets thrown into the distribution mill, the books may never leave their cartons […]”
  3. (attributive)A small, insignificant quantity; a whit or jot.
    “peppercorn rent”

name

  1. A surname.

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English peper corn, peper-corn, pepercorn, from Old English piporcorn (“peppercorn”), corresponding to pepper + corn. Compare Dutch peperkorrel (“peppercorn”), German Pfefferkorn (“peppercorn”), Danish peberkorn (“peppercorn”), Swedish pepparkorn (“peppercorn”), Icelandic piparkorn (“peppercorn”).

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