peppercorny

English

Etymology

peppercorn +‎ -y

Adjective

peppercorny (comparative more peppercorny, superlative most peppercorny)

1. Resembling or full of peppercorns.
   • 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations:

     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.

   • 2013, Eric Werner, Mya Henry, Hartwood: Bright, Wild Flavors from the Edge of the Yucatán, page 48:

     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.