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the flavor that bites back before you've finished tasting it
means Sharp, hot, and pungent like pepper — or, of a person or remark, quick-tempered and stinging.
from Straight from "pepper," which traces back through Old English "pipor" and Latin "piper" to the Greek "peperi," all borrowed ultimately from Sanskrit "pippali" — the spice itself traveled west along trade routes, and its name rode along with it. The "-y" simply means "having the quality of," so "peppery" is anything that behaves like pepper, whether on the tongue or in the temper. The figurative sense of a hot-headed person is a natural leap: the same heat, just relocated.
piperine sourceblack pepper's heat comes from piperine, not capsaicin
sneeze triggerpiperine irritates nose nerves, hijacking the sneeze reflex
olive oil tella peppery throat-catch signals fresh, healthy olive oil
ancient currencypeppercorns once paid rents, ransoms, and dowries
watercress wears itarugula and watercress get peppery from mustard-oil compounds