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別の表記

• pepperpot, pepper-pot (in attributive use)

語源

The mushroom sense (sense 2) arose because the mature fruiting body of the mushroom resembles a literal pepper pot (sense 1) and the spores that fly out of it resemble the granules of pepper being dispensed. The feisty-person sense (sense 4) arose because such a person figuratively adds spice to life, like a literal pepper pot (sense 1) does.

名詞

pepper pot (plural pepper pots)

1. A small container with a perforated top used for sprinkling ground pepper.

   Synonyms: pepper shaker, peppershaker, pepperette

   Hypernyms: shaker < dispenser

   Coordinate terms: pepper mill, peppermill

2. A mushroom, Myriostoma coliforme.
3. A soup made of tripe, vegetables and dumplings, seasoned with pepper.

   Synonym: Philadelphia pepper pot

4. (figurative) A person who is hot tempered; a feisty or argumentative person.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     An unfortunate quarrel between our pepperpots marked the outset of our new stage.