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... lively energetic spirited vivacious sprightly animatedperky

Opposites

lethargic sluggish listless languid

Word family

Derived forms peppiness

Related forms pep pepper

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.

piper Old English pippali Sanskrit

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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

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