peper corn
Middle English
Alternative forms
- pipercorn, pepur corn, pepercorn, pepir corn, pepur-corn, peper-corn
Etymology
Inherited from Old English piporcorn; equivalent to peper + corn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɛpərkɔrn/, /ˈpipərkɔrn/
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.