peppy C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈpɛpi/ UK /ˈpɛpi/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj full of energy and high spirits; lively A peppy tune played over the speakers. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · full of energy and high... livelyenergeticspiritedvivacioussprightlyanimatedperky ↔ Opposites lethargicsluggishlistlesslanguid Word family Derived forms peppiness Related forms peppepper Etymology AI details From pep ('energy, vigor') + -y. Pep is an early-20th-century American shortening of pepper, from Latin piper, from Greek peperi, ultimately from Sanskrit pippali. piper Old English pippali Sanskrit View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # peppy **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈpɛpi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpɛpi/ ## Meanings 1. full of energy and high spirits; lively ## Examples - A peppy tune played over the speakers. ## Synonyms - lively - energetic - spirited - vivacious - sprightly - animated - perky ## Antonyms - lethargic - sluggish - listless - languid ## Derived Forms - peppiness ## Related Forms - pep - pepper ## Roots and Affixes - Root: piper - Root: pippali ## Etymology From pep ('energy, vigor') + -y. Pep is an early-20th-century American shortening of pepper, from Latin piper, from Greek peperi, ultimately from Sanskrit pippali. ## AI Etymology Peppy comes from pep ('energy, vigor') + -y. Pep is an early-20th-century American shortening of pepper, from Latin piper, from Greek peperi, ultimately from Sanskrit pippali. The etymological trail includes Latin piper and Sanskrit pippali. As an adjective, peppy means full of energy and high spirits; lively. The same family is visible in derived forms such as peppiness and related forms such as pep and pepper. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown