peppy

English

Etymology

From pep + -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛpi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛpi

Adjective

peppy (comparative peppier, superlative peppiest)

1. Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy

   Cedric was not feeling peppy when he woke up two hours before dawn.

Synonyms

• energetic, lively, perky, sparky, zippy
• full of pep, full of vim and vigor

Antonyms

• enervated, exhausted, lethargic, solemn

Derived terms

• peppily
• peppiness
• unpeppy

Translations

energetic

• Bulgarian: оживен (bg) (oživen), енергичен (bg) (energičen)
• Czech: energický (cs), živý (cs), vitální (cs)
• Dutch: energetisch (nl)
• Latin: alacer
• Portuguese: serelepe (pt) (Brazil)
• Spanish: animado (es), dinámico (es), vivaracho (es), inquieto (es), enérgico (es), energético (es), contento (es), alegre (es)
• Swedish: energisk (sv), yster (sv), sprallig (sv), upprymd (sv)

Noun

A. flexuosa at foreshore parkland on the Swan River, Keanes Point, Peppermint Grove.

peppy (countable and uncountable, plural peppies)

1. (slang, Australia) A tree of species Agonis flexuosa, commonly known as Western Australian peppermint or peppermint tree.
   • 2023 December 15, Govan, Alex, “Western ringtail possums burn paws on roofs, solar panels in hot summer weather”, in ABC News‎^[1], Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

     "Busselton for example, you used to have these quarter-acre blocks with one big house on it and lots of peppy trees in the backyard. And now they've got three houses and no peppy trees," she said.

   • 2018 March 9, Pelusey, Taelor, “Peppy tree transplant investigated”, in Busselton Dunsborough Times‎^[2], West Australian Newspapers Limited:

     City engineering and works services director Oliver Darby told the Times three of the peppies had been lopped extensively and must now be removed along with the non-native, but transplantation of the remaining tree was being investigated.