peper corn

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛpərˌkɔrn/, /ˈpipərˌkɔrn/, /-ˌkoːrn/

Noun

peper corn (plural peper cornes or peper corn)

peppercorn

Descendants

English: peppercorn

References

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

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