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Etymology

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peppermint +‎ -y

Adjective

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pepperminty (comparative more pepperminty, superlative most pepperminty)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of peppermint.
    • 2007 July 12, Anna Jane Grossman, “Ahh, Minty Clean, but Lacking a Jolt”, in New York Times[1]:
      It looks like any other clear glycerin soap and acts like it, too, except that it smells very pepperminty and left my skin smelling sort of sharp.