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peppy, a. orig. U.S.|ˈpɛpɪ|
[f. pep n. + -y1.]
Full of pep or vigour; spirited, energetic, lively, forceful.
1922S. Lewis Babbitt vi. 86 Wouldn't it be a good idea if I could go off to China or some peppy place, and study engineering or something by mail? 1922E. E. Cummings Let. 3 May (1969) 84 Thru being more or less true to the peppy thesis..I feel: more pep, pleasure in living. 1924Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror xx. 303, I said it was the peppiest scheme of the age, a lallapaloosa. 1926Picture-Play Mag. July 3/2 (Advt.), How I used to envy..Billy jazzing up a party with his peppy banjo! 1927Melody Maker Sept. 883/1 They have a red ‘hot’ peppy dance rhythm and are thoroughly bright and interesting. 1930E. Waugh Vile Bodies vii. 129, I like your page. It's peppy. 1932T. S. Eliot Sel. Essays iii. 197 There is nothing in the play to which could be applied the term appropriately used in the advertisements of some films; the ‘peppy situation’. 1934J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) 15 Everyone from out of town thought it was the peppiest place in the country at Christmas. 1939Melody Maker 10 June 5/3 This peppy, blonde, stage-and-concert-party artist. 1956M. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) xvi. 180 Most of these bands recorded a novelty now and then that might be called ‘peppy’. 1969New Yorker 10 May 33/2 He did a peppy foxtrot. 1974J. Heller Something Happened 14 She was peppy and direct, always laughing and teasing. 1977Time 14 Feb. 39/3 A.M.C...will give the Pacer a peppier engine. 1977Rolling Stone 7 Apr. 69/3 It's an interesting combination and forces all the songs on Blondie to work on at least two levels: as peppy but rough pop, and as distanced, artless avant-rock. |