peppy

pep +‎ -y

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛpi/

peppy (comparative peppier, superlative peppiest)

1. Full of pep; energetic, cheerful, and vigorous; bouncy

   Cedric was not feeling peppy when he woke up two hours before dawn.

• energetic, lively, perky, sparky, zippy
• full of pep, full of vim and vigor

• enervated, exhausted, lethargic, solemn

peppy (countable and uncountable, plural peppies)

1. (slang, Australia) A tree of species Agonis flexuosa, commonly known as Western Australian peppermint or peppermint tree.
   • 2023 December 15, Govan, Alex, “Western ringtail possums burn paws on roofs, solar panels in hot summer weather”, in ABC News‎, Australian Broadcasting Corporation:

     "Busselton for example, you used to have these quarter-acre blocks with one big house on it and lots of peppy trees in the backyard. And now they've got three houses and no peppy trees," she said.

   • 2018 March 9, Pelusey, Taelor, “Peppy tree transplant investigated”, in Busselton Dunsborough Times‎, West Australian Newspapers Limited:

     City engineering and works services director Oliver Darby told the Times three of the peppies had been lopped extensively and must now be removed along with the non-native, but transplantation of the remaining tree was being investigated.