peper corn

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pipercorn, pepur corn, pepercorn, pepir corn, pepur-corn, peper-corn

Etymology

Inherited from Old English piporcorn; equivalent to peper +‎ corn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛpərkɔrn/, /ˈpipərkɔrn/

Noun

peper corn (plural peper cornes or peper corn)

1. peppercorn

Descendants

• English: peppercorn

References

• “peper-corn (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-25.