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語源

Borrowed from Portuguese pimento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), similar to Spanish pimiento, from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingo (“paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimiento.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɪˈmɛntəʊ/
• (米国発音) IPA: /pɪˈmɛntoʊ/

名詞

pimento (plural pimentos or pimentoes)

1. A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14:

     In the Middle Ages, for instance, a recipe for sex stimulation required the putrefied flesh of a human corpse, together with both human and animal testes and ovaries, pimento, and alcohol.

2. A tropical berry used to make allspice.
3. The tree on which it grows.

同意語

• (red sweet pepper): cherry pepper, pimiento, Spanish paprika
• (tropical berry): allspice

派生語

アナグラム

• emption