pepperoni

pep·per·o·ni

noun \ˌpe-pə-ˈrō-nē\

Definition of PEPPERONI

: a highly seasoned beef and pork sausage

Origin of PEPPERONI

Italian peperoni cayenne peppers, plural of peperone, augmentative of pepe pepper, from Latin piper — more at pepper

First Known Use: 1921

Rhymes with PEPPERONI

abalone, acrimony, agrimony, Albinoni, alimony, antimony, Berlusconi, cannelloni, ceremony, chalcedony, cicerone, hegemony, macaroni, matrimony, minestrone, Nakasone, one-trick pony, palimony, parsimony, patrimony, provolone, rigatoni, sanctimony, Shetland pony, testimony, zabaglione