Pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground.
synonym: pepper.
Roget 393:
condiment,
seasoning,
sauce,
spice,
relish,
appetizer.
[Condiments]
salt;
mustard,
grey poupon mustard;
pepper,
black pepper,
white pepper,
peppercorn,
curry,
sauce piquante [Fr.];
caviare,
onion,
garlic,
pickle;
achar†,
allspice;
bell pepper,
Jamaica pepper,
green pepper;
chutney;
cubeb†,
pimento.
[capsicum peppers]
capsicum,
red pepper,
chili peppers,
cayenne.
nutmeg,
mace,
cinnamon,
oregano,
cloves,
fennel.
[herbs]
pot herbs,
parsley,
sage,
rosemary,
thyme,
bay leaves,
marjoram.
[fragrant woods and gums]
frankincense,
balm,
myrrh.
[from pods]
paprika.
[from flower stigmas]
saffron.
[from roots]
ginger,
turmeric.
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Roget 643:
unimportance,
insignificance,
nothingness,
immateriality.
triviality,
levity,
frivolity;
paltriness
etc.
adj.;
poverty;
smallness
etc.
32;
vanity
etc.
(uselessness)
645;
matter of indifference
etc.
866;
no object.
nothing,
nothing to signify,
nothing worth speaking of,
nothing particular,
nothing to boast of,
nothing to speak of;
small matter,
no great matter,
trifling matter
etc.
adj.;
mere joke,
mere nothing;
hardly anything;
scarcely anything;
nonentity,
small beer,
cipher;
no great shakes,
peu de chose [Fr.];
child's play,
kinderspiel.
toy,
plaything,
popgun,
paper pellet,
gimcrack,
gewgaw,
bauble,
trinket,
bagatelle,
Rickshaw,
knickknack,
whim-wham,
trifle,
trifles light as air;"
yankee notions [U.S.].
trumpery,
trash,
rubbish,
stuff,
fatras†,
frippery;
leather or prunello;"
chaff,
drug,
froth bubble smoke,
cobweb;
weed;
refuse
etc.
(inutility)
645;
scum
etc.
(dirt)
653.
joke,
jest,
snap of the fingers;
fudge
etc.
(unmeaning)
517;
fiddlestick†,
fiddlestick end†;
pack of nonsense,
mere farce.
straw,
pin,
fig,
button,
rush;
bulrush,
feather,
halfpenny,
farthing,
brass farthing,
doit†,
peppercorn,
jot,
rap,
pinch of snuff,
old son;
cent,
mill,
picayune,
pistareen†,
red cent [U.S.].
minutiae,
details,
minor details,
small fry;
dust in the balance,
feather in the scale,
drop in the ocean,
flea-bite,
molehill.
nine days' wonder,
ridiculus mus [Lat.];
flash in the pan
etc.
(impotence)
158;
much ado about nothing
etc.
(overestimation)
482.
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Dutch: peperkorrel, peper
Polish: pieprz