pimiento

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/pɪˈmjɛntəʊ/
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/pɪˈmjɛntəʊ/ · /pɪˈmjɛntoʊ/(US) · /pɪˈmɛntoʊ/(US)

Definition of pimiento

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.

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Etymology

From Spanish pimiento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingō (“to paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimento.

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