pepper-and-saltn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌpɛp(ə)rən(d)ˈsɔːlt/,

/ˌpɛp(ə)rən(d)ˈsɒlt/, U.S.

/ˈpɛpər(ə)nˈsɔlt/,

/ˈpɛpər(ə)nˈsɑlt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pepper n., and conj.¹, salt n.¹

Etymology: < pepper n. + and conj.¹ + salt n.¹In the following quotation, the intended sense of pepper & salt boxes appears to be ‘pepperboxes and salt-boxes’:1784 J. Byng Diary 25 June in Torrington Diaries (1934) I. 118 It is a bourgeois business, with his pepper & salt boxes & buildings.

A. n.

a. Cloth made of interwoven dark and light threads, giving a flecked or speckled, greyish appearance; a garment made of this cloth; a person wearing such clothing. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > other > article of

linsey-woolsey1483

kelter1562

buffin1572

marry-muff1604

tiffany1606

camlet1623

grogram1633

pepper-and-salt1774

toilenette1790

zephyrine1820

feather-mail1843

alpaca1853

khaki1857

ramie1899

marocain1922

sharkskin1957

Ultrasuede1973

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > of specific colour > multicoloured > dark or light

thunder and lightning1766

pepper-and-salt1774

Oxford grey1822

Oxford mixture1825

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing clothing made of specific material > one who

tuftaffetya1625

velvet1783

pepper-and-salt1900

leather man1961

1774 Lady M. Coke Jrnl. 28 Oct. (1896) IV. 420 To bring me six yards of a Cloth I saw..that is called pepper and salt.

1827 T. Hood Whims & Oddities 2nd Ser. 89 How well I remember that ‘pepper-and-salt’ That was down to the elbows, and up to the knees!

a1848 F. Marryat Valerie vi A suit of pepper-and-salt.

1900 E. Glyn Visits of Elizabeth 236 At dinner I sat between Charlie and one of the pepper-and-salts.

1959 J. M. S. Careless Brown of Globe I. iv. 99 Now he affected decent black broadcloth instead of the brass-buttoned pepper-and-salts of earlier years.

b. A variegated colour made up of a mixture of light and dark elements mingled together. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun] > mixed colour or medley of colours

motley1440

medley1553

particolour1619

brede1708

pepper-and-salt1826

1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. i.iv. 26 The residue of his costume was of that mysterious colour known by the name of pepper-and-salt.

2. With reference to the pungency or biting quality of pepper: intensity (of feeling), spirit, vigour; ‘spice’. Cf. pepper n. 4b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or liveliness

jollinessc1386

liveliheadc1425

quicknessc1425

vyfnes1475

ramagec1485

couragea1498

liveliness1534

spritec1540

livelihood1566

life1583

sprightliness1599

sprightfulness1602

ruach1606

sprightiness1607

sparkle1611

airiness1628

vivacy1637

spiritfulness1644

spirit1651

vivacity1652

spiritedness1654

brightness1660

sprightness1660

ramageness1686

race1690

friskiness1727

spirituousness1727

vivaciousness1727

brio1731

raciness1759

phlogiston1789

animation1791

lifefulness1829

pepper-and-salt1842

corkiness1845

aliveness1853

vitality1858

music1859

virtu1876

liveness1890

zippiness1907

bounce1909

zing1917

radioactivity1922

oomph1937

pizzazz1937

zinginess1938

hep1946

vavoom1962

welly1977

masala1986

1842 C. Mathews Career Puffer Hopkins ii. 17 Stars [sc. on a flag] are the pepper and salt of a political discourse.

1887 Lantern (New Orleans) 9 July 2/2 But let me commence my assault on the offending ones and give them pepper and salt.

1958 Times 24 Oct. 15/4 In Prokofiev's work Mr. Kroll emphasised the lyrical element rather more than the composer's characteristic pepper and salt.

1968 Times 12 Feb. 7/2 The high fashion is only a kind of pepper and salt for the whole thing [sc. the fashion trade].

1996 Internat. Herald-Tribune (France) (Nexis) 15 Apr. 11 To that straightforward style, Mizrahi added the pepper and salt of eccentricity: random-patterned sweaters, long crochet cardigans.

3. U.S. A small North American plant, Erigenia bulbosa (family Apiaceae ( Umbelliferae)), so called from the contrast between the white petals and the dark maroon stamens. Also called harbinger-of-spring.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > other umbellifers

hemlocka700

petroselinumOE

parsleya1300

wild parsleya1300

parsnip1538

lovage1548

hartwort1562

meadow parsnip1562

ass-parsley1598

honewort1633

alexanders1637

dead-tongue1688

ajowan1773

Arracacha1823

pepper saxifrage1824

mock bishop-weed1848

pepper-and-salt1861

square parsley1866

ass's parsley1879

1861 A. Wood Classbk. Bot. (new ed.) 384 Erigenia, Pepper-and-Salt.

1931 W. N. Clute Common Names of Plants 139 A little species of the parsley family, whose umbels of tiny pin-dotted flowers give it the name of pepper-and-salt.

2000 State Jrnl.-Reg. (Springfield, Illinois) (Nexis) 22 Apr. 13 The first spring wildflower arrives in the form of the tiny ‘pepper and salt’.

B. adj.

1. Of a garment: made of pepper-and-salt cloth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made from specific materials

warm?c1225

furredc1325

russet1390

imperial purple1577

furry1691

kidden1714

Shetland1790

pepper-and-salt1792

dreadnought1798

cilice1812

moleskin1836

nainsook1852

lingeriea1865

pepper-salt1882

Milanese1897

ramie1906

pinstripe1935

stranded1935

Day-Glo1949

1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 7. 53 He..turned his pepper-and-salt coat to walk in the procession.

1825 Times 7 Dec. 2/4 The man appeared tall, dark complexion, round hat, something like a pepper and salt great coat, and a dark coat under.

1844 W. M. Thackeray Little Trav. i Tall men in pepper-and-salt undress jackets.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxvi. 107 Very neat in his black coat and pepper-and-salt trousers.

1978 N. Marsh Grave Mistake i. 16 The trousers were unmistakable: pepper-and-salt, shapeless, earthy.

1996 Spectator 31 Aug. 16/3 A military man who wore a pepper-and-salt tweed jacket.

2. Consisting of a mixture of intermingled dark and light shades; (esp. of hair, fur, etc.) speckled in appearance, flecked with grey. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > variegated with specific colours

hasweda1325

pied1382

black and white1395

blue and white1551

bauson1587

piebald1743

tortoiseshell1803

testudinarious1826

pepper-and-salta1843

tortoise1902

salt-and-pepper1915

pepper-and-salty1952

a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 408/1 A strange looking settee..covered with pepper and salt cloth.

1846 W. D. Stewart & J. W. Webb Altowan I. ii. 31 The prairie cock (a large species of grouse, of a pepper-and-salt colour, and long, pointed tail)..rose at their feet.

1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. vi. 124 My hair is nearly white. The last time I looked it was only pepper-and-salt.

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Aug. 6/1 Flourishing the striking red handkerchief which furnishes an agreeable relief to his general pepper-and-salt exterior.

1930 J. Huxley Bird-watching & Bird Behaviour iv. 75 Every male [ruff] is a law unto himself. Some grow black ruffs, others ruffs that are white, sandy, brown, grey, pepper-and-salt, [etc.].

1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau vii. 389 His pepper-and-salt beard appeared to be a summer experiment, not a permanent fixture.

3. Medicine. Of the fundus of the eye: having granular pigmentation, with a finely speckled appearance; (also) designating this appearance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective]

fawa700

medleyc1350

freckledc1380

motleyc1380

pied1382

specked1382

vary1382

partyc1385

parted1393

peckleda1400

polymitec1425

sere-colouredc1425

vairc1425

discoloured?1440

motleyed1447

varying1488

sheld1507

fleckered1508

piet1508

mellay1515

particoloured1530

pickled1552

varied1578

mingled1580

partly coloured1582

chequered1592

medley-coloured1593

mingle-coloured1593

piebald1594

feathered1610

changeable1612

particolour1612

enamelled1613

variousa1618

pie-coloured1619

jaspered1620

gangean1623

versicolour1628

patchwork1634

damasked1648

variously-coloureda1660

variegateda1661

agated1665

varicoloured1665

damaska1674

various-coloureda1711

pieted1721

versicoloured1721

diversicoloured1756

mosaic1776

harlequin1779

spanged1788

calico1807

piety1811

varied-coloured1811

discolorate1826

heterochromous1842

jaspé1851

discolor1859

discolorous1860

jasperoid1876

damascened1879

heterochromatic1895

variotinted1903

batik1914

varihued1921

rumbled1930

damasky1931

pepper-and-salt1940

partihued1959

1940 S. Duke-Elder Text-bk. Ophthalmol. III. iii. 2273 The finely pigmented or pepper-and-salt fundus.., wherein the entire fundus is dusted with innumerable small bluish pigmented spots between which lie round depigmented areas of a yellowish-red colour.

1975 J. L. C. Martin-Doyle & M. H. Kemp Synopsis Ophthalmol. (ed. 5) vi. 76 Syphilitic Retinitis... In congenital cases a form of peripheral pigmentation known as ‘pepper and salt’ fundus is common.

1989 Ophthalmic Paediatrics & Genetics 10 55 Fundus findings are variable [sc. in Leber's congenital amaurosis] with..diffuse fundus pigmentation of pepper-and-salt type.

Derivatives

pepper-and-ˈsalted adj. rare wearing clothes of pepper-and-salt cloth; speckled or flecked with a mixture of light and dark elements.

ΚΠ

1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxiii. 331 This pepper-and-salted Amphion.

a1949 L. MacNeice Coll. Poems (1979) IX. 271 This..is an arena, A perfect blue, green, grey, or pepper-and-salted nought.

ˌpepper-and-ˈsaltiness n. rare pepper-and-salt colour or appearance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun] > variegation with specific colours

blue and white1670

pepper-and-saltiness1880

1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts I. i. vi. 83 Snow..speckled with blacks into an ugly pepper-and-saltiness.

ˌpepper-and-ˈsalty adj. rare pepper-and-salt coloured.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > variegated with specific colours

hasweda1325

pied1382

black and white1395

blue and white1551

bauson1587

piebald1743

tortoiseshell1803

testudinarious1826

pepper-and-salta1843

tortoise1902

salt-and-pepper1915

pepper-and-salty1952

1952 ‘W. Cooper’ Struggles of Albert Woods i. iii. 34 Dibdin's hair was the colour that is first called sandy and later pepper-and-salty.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pepper-and-salt
释义	pepper-and-saltn.adj. Brit. /ˌpɛp(ə)rən(d)ˈsɔːlt/, /ˌpɛp(ə)rən(d)ˈsɒlt/, U.S. /ˈpɛpər(ə)nˈsɔlt/, /ˈpɛpər(ə)nˈsɑlt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pepper n., and conj.¹, salt n.¹ Etymology: < pepper n. + and conj.¹ + salt n.¹In the following quotation, the intended sense of pepper & salt boxes appears to be ‘pepperboxes and salt-boxes’:1784 J. Byng Diary 25 June in Torrington Diaries (1934) I. 118 It is a bourgeois business, with his pepper & salt boxes & buildings. A. n. 1. a. Cloth made of interwoven dark and light threads, giving a flecked or speckled, greyish appearance; a garment made of this cloth; a person wearing such clothing. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [noun] > made from specific material > other > article of linsey-woolsey1483 kelter1562 buffin1572 marry-muff1604 tiffany1606 camlet1623 grogram1633 pepper-and-salt1774 toilenette1790 zephyrine1820 feather-mail1843 alpaca1853 khaki1857 ramie1899 marocain1922 sharkskin1957 Ultrasuede1973 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > made from wool > [noun] > of specific colour > multicoloured > dark or light thunder and lightning1766 pepper-and-salt1774 Oxford grey1822 Oxford mixture1825 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [noun] > wearing clothing made of specific material > one who tuftaffetya1625 velvet1783 pepper-and-salt1900 leather man1961 1774 Lady M. Coke Jrnl. 28 Oct. (1896) IV. 420 To bring me six yards of a Cloth I saw..that is called pepper and salt. 1827 T. Hood Whims & Oddities 2nd Ser. 89 How well I remember that ‘pepper-and-salt’ That was down to the elbows, and up to the knees! a1848 F. Marryat Valerie vi A suit of pepper-and-salt. 1900 E. Glyn Visits of Elizabeth 236 At dinner I sat between Charlie and one of the pepper-and-salts. 1959 J. M. S. Careless Brown of Globe I. iv. 99 Now he affected decent black broadcloth instead of the brass-buttoned pepper-and-salts of earlier years. b. A variegated colour made up of a mixture of light and dark elements mingled together. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun] > mixed colour or medley of colours motley1440 medley1553 particolour1619 brede1708 pepper-and-salt1826 1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey I. i.iv. 26 The residue of his costume was of that mysterious colour known by the name of pepper-and-salt. 2. With reference to the pungency or biting quality of pepper: intensity (of feeling), spirit, vigour; ‘spice’. Cf. pepper n. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or liveliness jollinessc1386 liveliheadc1425 quicknessc1425 vyfnes1475 ramagec1485 couragea1498 liveliness1534 spritec1540 livelihood1566 life1583 sprightliness1599 sprightfulness1602 ruach1606 sprightiness1607 sparkle1611 airiness1628 vivacy1637 spiritfulness1644 spirit1651 vivacity1652 spiritedness1654 brightness1660 sprightness1660 ramageness1686 race1690 friskiness1727 spirituousness1727 vivaciousness1727 brio1731 raciness1759 phlogiston1789 animation1791 lifefulness1829 pepper-and-salt1842 corkiness1845 aliveness1853 vitality1858 music1859 virtu1876 liveness1890 zippiness1907 bounce1909 zing1917 radioactivity1922 oomph1937 pizzazz1937 zinginess1938 hep1946 vavoom1962 welly1977 masala1986 1842 C. Mathews Career Puffer Hopkins ii. 17 Stars [sc. on a flag] are the pepper and salt of a political discourse. 1887 Lantern (New Orleans) 9 July 2/2 But let me commence my assault on the offending ones and give them pepper and salt. 1958 Times 24 Oct. 15/4 In Prokofiev's work Mr. Kroll emphasised the lyrical element rather more than the composer's characteristic pepper and salt. 1968 Times 12 Feb. 7/2 The high fashion is only a kind of pepper and salt for the whole thing [sc. the fashion trade]. 1996 Internat. Herald-Tribune (France) (Nexis) 15 Apr. 11 To that straightforward style, Mizrahi added the pepper and salt of eccentricity: random-patterned sweaters, long crochet cardigans. 3. U.S. A small North American plant, Erigenia bulbosa (family Apiaceae ( Umbelliferae)), so called from the contrast between the white petals and the dark maroon stamens. Also called harbinger-of-spring. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Umbelliferae (umbellifers) > [noun] > other umbellifers hemlocka700 petroselinumOE parsleya1300 wild parsleya1300 parsnip1538 lovage1548 hartwort1562 meadow parsnip1562 ass-parsley1598 honewort1633 alexanders1637 dead-tongue1688 ajowan1773 Arracacha1823 pepper saxifrage1824 mock bishop-weed1848 pepper-and-salt1861 square parsley1866 ass's parsley1879 1861 A. Wood Classbk. Bot. (new ed.) 384 Erigenia, Pepper-and-Salt. 1931 W. N. Clute Common Names of Plants 139 A little species of the parsley family, whose umbels of tiny pin-dotted flowers give it the name of pepper-and-salt. 2000 State Jrnl.-Reg. (Springfield, Illinois) (Nexis) 22 Apr. 13 The first spring wildflower arrives in the form of the tiny ‘pepper and salt’. B. adj. 1. Of a garment: made of pepper-and-salt cloth. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > made from specific materials warm?c1225 furredc1325 russet1390 imperial purple1577 furry1691 kidden1714 Shetland1790 pepper-and-salt1792 dreadnought1798 cilice1812 moleskin1836 nainsook1852 lingeriea1865 pepper-salt1882 Milanese1897 ramie1906 pinstripe1935 stranded1935 Day-Glo1949 1792 W. Roberts Looker-on No. 7. 53 He..turned his pepper-and-salt coat to walk in the procession. 1825 Times 7 Dec. 2/4 The man appeared tall, dark complexion, round hat, something like a pepper and salt great coat, and a dark coat under. 1844 W. M. Thackeray Little Trav. i Tall men in pepper-and-salt undress jackets. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxvi. 107 Very neat in his black coat and pepper-and-salt trousers. 1978 N. Marsh Grave Mistake i. 16 The trousers were unmistakable: pepper-and-salt, shapeless, earthy. 1996 Spectator 31 Aug. 16/3 A military man who wore a pepper-and-salt tweed jacket. 2. Consisting of a mixture of intermingled dark and light shades; (esp. of hair, fur, etc.) speckled in appearance, flecked with grey. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > variegated with specific colours hasweda1325 pied1382 black and white1395 blue and white1551 bauson1587 piebald1743 tortoiseshell1803 testudinarious1826 pepper-and-salta1843 tortoise1902 salt-and-pepper1915 pepper-and-salty1952 a1843 R. Southey Common-place Bk. (1851) 4th Ser. 408/1 A strange looking settee..covered with pepper and salt cloth. 1846 W. D. Stewart & J. W. Webb Altowan I. ii. 31 The prairie cock (a large species of grouse, of a pepper-and-salt colour, and long, pointed tail)..rose at their feet. 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth II. vi. 124 My hair is nearly white. The last time I looked it was only pepper-and-salt. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Aug. 6/1 Flourishing the striking red handkerchief which furnishes an agreeable relief to his general pepper-and-salt exterior. 1930 J. Huxley Bird-watching & Bird Behaviour iv. 75 Every male [ruff] is a law unto himself. Some grow black ruffs, others ruffs that are white, sandy, brown, grey, pepper-and-salt, [etc.]. 1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau vii. 389 His pepper-and-salt beard appeared to be a summer experiment, not a permanent fixture. 3. Medicine. Of the fundus of the eye: having granular pigmentation, with a finely speckled appearance; (also) designating this appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] fawa700 medleyc1350 freckledc1380 motleyc1380 pied1382 specked1382 vary1382 partyc1385 parted1393 peckleda1400 polymitec1425 sere-colouredc1425 vairc1425 discoloured?1440 motleyed1447 varying1488 sheld1507 fleckered1508 piet1508 mellay1515 particoloured1530 pickled1552 varied1578 mingled1580 partly coloured1582 chequered1592 medley-coloured1593 mingle-coloured1593 piebald1594 feathered1610 changeable1612 particolour1612 enamelled1613 variousa1618 pie-coloured1619 jaspered1620 gangean1623 versicolour1628 patchwork1634 damasked1648 variously-coloureda1660 variegateda1661 agated1665 varicoloured1665 damaska1674 various-coloureda1711 pieted1721 versicoloured1721 diversicoloured1756 mosaic1776 harlequin1779 spanged1788 calico1807 piety1811 varied-coloured1811 discolorate1826 heterochromous1842 jaspé1851 discolor1859 discolorous1860 jasperoid1876 damascened1879 heterochromatic1895 variotinted1903 batik1914 varihued1921 rumbled1930 damasky1931 pepper-and-salt1940 partihued1959 1940 S. Duke-Elder Text-bk. Ophthalmol. III. iii. 2273 The finely pigmented or pepper-and-salt fundus.., wherein the entire fundus is dusted with innumerable small bluish pigmented spots between which lie round depigmented areas of a yellowish-red colour. 1975 J. L. C. Martin-Doyle & M. H. Kemp Synopsis Ophthalmol. (ed. 5) vi. 76 Syphilitic Retinitis... In congenital cases a form of peripheral pigmentation known as ‘pepper and salt’ fundus is common. 1989 Ophthalmic Paediatrics & Genetics 10 55 Fundus findings are variable [sc. in Leber's congenital amaurosis] with..diffuse fundus pigmentation of pepper-and-salt type. Derivatives pepper-and-ˈsalted adj. rare wearing clothes of pepper-and-salt cloth; speckled or flecked with a mixture of light and dark elements. ΚΠ 1846 R. Ford Gatherings from Spain xxiii. 331 This pepper-and-salted Amphion. a1949 L. MacNeice Coll. Poems (1979) IX. 271 This..is an arena, A perfect blue, green, grey, or pepper-and-salted nought. ˌpepper-and-ˈsaltiness n. rare pepper-and-salt colour or appearance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [noun] > variegation with specific colours blue and white1670 pepper-and-saltiness1880 1880 R. Broughton Second Thoughts I. i. vi. 83 Snow..speckled with blacks into an ugly pepper-and-saltiness. ˌpepper-and-ˈsalty adj. rare pepper-and-salt coloured. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > variegated with specific colours hasweda1325 pied1382 black and white1395 blue and white1551 bauson1587 piebald1743 tortoiseshell1803 testudinarious1826 pepper-and-salta1843 tortoise1902 salt-and-pepper1915 pepper-and-salty1952 1952 ‘W. Cooper’ Struggles of Albert Woods i. iii. 34 Dibdin's hair was the colour that is first called sandy and later pepper-and-salty. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1774
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